Waves are still coming across from the side but Guppy just merrily cuts straight through them at 7 knots [13 kilometres or 8 land miles an hour]… In the morning my very first cargo ship of this leg came in sight, a reminder that the closer I get to the Torres Strait the more cargo ship traffic there will be… The weather is great, sunny with only a few scattered clouds in the sky and a pleasant 28° C [82,4° F]. Today I climbed up the mast to take a photo from up there just to discover that my feathered visitor of a few days ago had left more mess behind! It had also pooped all over the solar panel on the targa frame so that not even a little bit of a solar cell was visible… In any case this gave me something to do, otherwise the solar panels can not supply the electrical power my electronic equipment and lighting need. So as I kept my balance standing on the railing I scrubbed every square centimeter of the solar panel until it was all clean again. Just as I was finished with this work and turning around I spotted a buoy floating by… A buoy? … With fishing net attached to it? Luckily, Guppy was going by the buoy 10 meters away from it [30 feet], and then it quickly disappeared over the horizon…

Laura