Although there was not much wind, I had the travel-jitters again so I decided to head for the Leeward Islands. Too bad this means I have to run the engine. ‘Gup’ and I would rather be going under sails because that is when you can hear the water gently trickling along the hull, and we would be going much faster. But hey!… having it slow at a speed of 4 knots [7,4 kilometres or 4,6 land miles an hour] is nice too, so is watching the mirror flat sea – this is just something else! Because it is so quiet I would normally be able to sleep very well but unfortunately it is not possible for now. The radar system alarm goes off continuously because there are so many ships nearby, and so I have to stay outside in the cockpit. Already we came by the first islands on the route so ‘Gup’ and I decided to sail directly to Bora-Bora.

Laura