Strong winds still blowing at an angle from side astern and I am still not sure if I should pole the Genoa out on the windward side.This has kept me busy for a while…That and the swell which is higher with waves coming across from the side. This morning a huge wave washed over us from the side which made the poled out Genoa flapping back and also flooded the lower part of the cockpit… There were things lying loose in the cockpit, a book, a towel, a cup and de rest a will miss coming week… I can only hope that Neptune have enjoy it! When it happened I was sitting inside the cabin and I slide to the lower side of the boat… The windvane had everything under control in no time flat and Gup sailed on as if nothing had happened at all… But I am still puzzling about what might have caused this huge wave… Otherwise everything is going great and Guppy is really flying. She is still doing 7 knots and so the Torres Strait is quickly getting closer. I have some mixed feelings about it since I will be leaving the beautiful Pacific Ocean which was an important part of my trip, and then start on a new chapter of my voyage. Since I have read so much about it, I am very curious to see what the Torres Strait will be like for real and I probably won’t be able to sleep for some 48 hours then. Still 700 nautical miles to go before I reach the very first reef [1296 kilometres or 806 land miles], so I have a few days left to let my imagination run wild…

Laura