0100 18 July 2003 UTC: 15N20, 162W46

Heading 200T, speed 6kts, wind NE 15, swell NE2m, temp 30/31 and humid. 450nm out, averaging 6 kts in a lumpy sea, exhausted - even the mattress on the saloon floor rolls about. Last night 2 solid echoes on the radar appeared then went - subs? Flying fish litter the deck in the mornings. US Coast Gd plane flew over at zero height when 200nm out.