Even after a good sleep last night I still feel tired but surely better. There is still heavy ship traffic around and six monsters have already passed me by… I fixed the Genoa roller and removed the torned Genoa. After that I just had to lighten up… I thought that the spare Genoa, that was a gift from another yacht sometime ago, would fit but then I learnt that its trim was too thick and so it jammed after only a few meters… But on the good side of things the weather gods are favorable to Guppy with good winds blowing now so that the Genoa is still useful and I am making good progress. Up to now I have done the dishes, I have cleaned the cupboard from the spilled juice, and Guppy is now smelling of fresh home-baked bread. Henk and Sogno d’Oro too have come through the Torres Strait and are now sailing 85 nautical miles behind me. The Torres Strait passage made me loose my usual sea-rhythm and it is always a bit difficult to get back into it again… The Arafura Sea is shallow which makes the swell very short and choppy so it feels like I am a bouncing ball… But then the last few days on the Pacific Ocean with the cross seas and all wasn’t any better so what is there to do besides to shrug it off and then just enjoy bouncing along..

Laura