A high and long swell is rolling under Guppy and washes over her sometimes… then we both I and everything that lies in the cockpit get wet – and then I curse the wave… It is already our third day at sea. And it feels all so familiar. I sleep a lot better now than when I was at anchorage. I woke up with the first daylight and with the short wave radio I listened to the chatting of other sailors. I cooked dinner, I read something, and I am checked on the bananas’ huge stalk at the stern to see if they had mellowed yet. Right there I found a strange insect with antennas – I dropped it over board. Then I found a small lizard, but I felt too sorry to throw him over board – he escaped and I have not seen him since. Life at sea is so simple. The day comes and goes, and Guppy is hobbling along tirelessly. There are 2500 of the 2980 nautical miles [4630 of 5519 kilometres or 2876 of 3430 land miles] still to go!

Laura