15th of October

OK guys, I’m writing again:) Give me a moment and I will answer all your letters. What you perceive as ‘silence’ is a ‘storm’ out here – so much is happening! Most of you probably think that I spend whole days in a hammock and I rest, whereas I do hope that the day of ‘doing nothing’ will come at last. (today, for instance, I’ve been working on the engine for an entire day...).
 

Going back to the start, though, I think I need to tell you about the sea:
 
During the last 10 days of the Galapagos-Marquesas Islands stage I had issues with ‘electricity’, ie. with an alternator, I struggled with batteries – you know, no electricity means no contact with the world and the life is much more difficult in general. Another fuel reserve container broke – I had another unpleasant job to do, and it was very slippery here for some time. Once, a fish jumped into my sink. I still don’t know how it managed to do that!!! What is more, after a powerful squall, the yacht was turned towards the wave, and when I walked up on the deck, I was thrown so far over the deck that I got bruised badly. I think it was hard for me but I do not remember exactly – I am ashore now, and when you get to safety all the bad memories fade away. On the other hand, my ‘flight’ was so long that it should be counted into my flight hours for my pilot’s licence course. :)
Later, after many hard moments, a beautiful time has come... it was my time, in a way... I will keep my  thoughts from that period to myself... As a result, I was in no hurry. I read a good book and I watched waves and shoals of mahi mahi, each day more and more of them...