My foot is healing very well, thank you all for the many good advices. I think I won’t have to walk like a flamingo any more when I reach land in about eight or nine days, but till then the largest distance I can go to is no more than 12 meters [39 feet] any which way…! Now I will enjoy the peacefulness and the easy going pace of a large crossing for about eight more days. There are no islands, no shoals or reefs to run aground on, and there is not much ship traffic around here. And so my radar system can perfectly keep watch by itself and I can sleep a little longer.. Because it is not necessary to keep the course too precisely, my heading being west like is just fine.. so it is all just great sailing right now. Unfortunately, those fabulous days won’t last forever, and so, as soon as I round the Marquesas Islands, I will sail, literally, through a minefield of reefs, islands and atolls again..

Laura