The wind was whistling in the rigging when I awoke and it was cold – just 22° C [71,6° F]. Here at anchorage the yachts are coming and going and some have definitely left – among them Sogno d’Oro. This is giving Henk a head start of a few days over me … I am thinking of clearing out next Monday and sail away. Strong winds are blowing today, around 35 knots [65 kilometres or 40 land miles an hour; force 7 on the Beaufort scale], and I have internet problems again… As far as I can tell my experience with Internet access has always been a catastrophe and up to now it has not been favorably inclined towards me. Maybe internet and yachts just don’t go together… Most of the time the connection breaks down or is so slow that it is unworkable… Well, there is a solution to everything… and even the internet cannot stand up against ‘Guppy-power’… So I went to a cafe not too far away that I knew for sure has internet access. They had just opened when I came in and had forgotten to activate the internet which I found out half and hour later after checking and changing some settings on the computer, but… in the end it is the result that matters… I now have a spokesman (click ‘Contact’) who will handle the media contacts because as a fact I cannot constantly be available to the journalists since I have lots to organize just for my journey. Things like maintenance work to ‘Gup’, stocking on food provisions, refilling with diesel fuel and fresh water, charting the route for the next leg, studying the weather charts and much more. This way I can better focus on my journey and the really important things.

Laura