There’s about 15 to 20 knots of wind now, occasional rain with morewind and it’s exactly from behind. The waves got a little higher soit’s more like real sailing again. And also Guppy is making moreprogress again–yeah! Still 780 miles to go to the Marquesas. Dayshave been different out here with crew and having left a part of mylife behind. I feel like I’m more and more at peace with myself andlooking forward to the future now. The timeless days at sea, where Icould just sit and look into the ocean for a whole day disappearinginto my own mind, are gone. And sometimes I don’t know if that’s goodor not, guess I sometimes miss it. Being alone at peace with nature,having thousands of miles to go just alone with Guppy. I’m so happy. Ilove Guppy more with each day. She has been so great. I startrealizing what she and I did and what it actually means, that it’s notjust something you do every day. Guppy and I did something veryspecial. Well, I’m gonna go back to real life now. I have to pullmyself out of thinking too much about how great Guppy and the oceanare before I decide to just keep sailing around forever. Haha.

Laura