position 02 39S, 034 49W;

gosh! Squalls, rain, strong head wind, then a wave, then nothing, then head wind again, and silence again... and all that with a counter current that prevents me from going faster. I couldn’t turn ff the engine, Janek helped me from Hawaii, we talked on the phone. He knows Tanasza really well, he helped me prepare it before the cruise. From now on, I’m going to do it by taking off the trap and lying on the engine in order to reach a gear that is right at the back of it.  My hand slipped yesterday and it landed on an alternator. It was working... My finger doesn’t look good, but it could be worse. There is a yacht on the left today. Some couple have been sailing around the world for 16 years on it... They have no lights at night, so they have to watch out for me... I need to sleep a bit, after all.