Yesterday Guppy and I sailed between the first islands, atolls and reefs. I was really surprised to see a mountain rising out of the water where I was expecting an atoll in its place… Obviously I had not carefully studied the obstacles on my map… But it really does not matter whether it was a mountain or an atoll … neither will give way! I still have to go by an island, a reef and several fishing boats before I can head directly to Fiji. We sailed past the 180° longitude line so ‘Gup’ and I are now in the eastern hemisphere. Unfortunately the wind weakened again and Guppy is only going at 4,5 knots so I will most probably arrive in the dark. But that is not so bad because there will be a full moon shining and according to the map the approach should not be too difficult. So I am going to take a chance…

Laura