7-10-2011

Well okay, I spoke too soon… Since last night the wind is back to ‘normal’ which means calm winds, headwinds and shifting winds.. For the past 12 hours the winds came from all possible directions at speeds of 0 to 10 knots. So of the 12 days I have been at sea, I enjoyed going under sails for a good 24 hours and had one good night sleep.. It does look like this crossing won’t end up as one of the best I had on my journey, or is it? Today it drizzled non-stop with additional heavy rains at times, but in between the heavy rains there were winds that blew Guppy forward. Otherwise she just bobbed up and down… So this was just the perfect day for me to dive into my schoolbooks once more. For some reason as I sat inside the cabin reading my books and eat some the sound of the rain falling on the deck with Guppy’s rolling movements made me feel this was a special moment. Anyway.. I do hope things will change soon because I definitely might run out of books to read during this crossing..

Laura