Going outside without getting wet has become really impossible now! Obviously, Guppy enjoys practicing to be a submarine once more… but not for long since Tahiti is in sight! Right now a cargo ship that does not reply to my calls is heading on a collision course with us. That is always annoying because you never know if they have spotted you! But now Guppy is running fast in the night and the only thing I can really do is to keep watch and wipe the water from my eyes… There are still 35 nautical miles to go [65 kilometres or 40 land miles], so ‘Gup’ and I have decided to go through the reef-passage near Papeete by night anyway. I hope to have sailed through at about midnight and then I will enjoy a good night sleep. Tomorrow I will sail towards my anchorage which is about five nautical miles further away [9 kilometres or 6 land miles] and surrounded by many reefs which going by in the dark, ‘Gup’ and I don’t find a very good idea…

Laura