Yeah – wind blowing since yesterday. But it kept playing games on Guppy so I was busy all day adjusting the sails and correcting course. At times the wind almost died completely and the sails flapped as Gup rolled in the ever-present swell…This rolling can wear out everything fast, so I regularly wrapped tape around the sheet rope that guides the spinnaker pole, to prevent it from fraying through and the sails from coming in contact with the rigging. And when I was about ready to give up a good breeze came back again! This crossing will not end up as one of the fastest on my list… and I haven’t seen another boat and not even a single flying fish! All said, it was just another day and I started on Book Three of the ‘Millennium’ series. I am not the only yacht in the doldrums so I have to be happy that I am still going under sails! On the SSB radio I lhear many comments from other sailors such as: ‘I think I will lie here forever and slowly roast! Sigh..’ And so we talk to each other to keep our spirits up while we still are rolling. The closest yacht is 140 nautical miles ahead of me [259 kilometres or 161 land miles] and it ran out of diesel fuel. But according to the weather forecasts strong winds will be blowing tomorrow… Well, I hope it will…

Laura