Another quiet day as we watch the clock and the miles to go.

Mia and Tina got stuck into the last of the boat bunting project, stitching all the of the flags onto the rope so we can hang it up the mast. They have made good progress and are trying to get it all done before we get to land.

Speaking of land, we’ve slowed down. That’s right, after 4000 miles at a brisk walk we’ve decided to amble the last day and a half! WHY?! So we don’t arrive in the middle of the night. The ideal time to make landfall, especially somewhere you don’t know well and isn’t well marked with navigational aids, is early in the morning. So with a slight reduction in speed we’re now looking at an ETA of Thursday morning rather than in the middle of the night on Wednesday.

While Mia and Tina got on with the bunting, Teo and Jon got stuck into boat school which has been going well for the last few days. Hopefully we’ll keep the positive momentum going when we get to French Polynesia. If not, well, there is always the foreign legion.

In other news, our provisioning is critical. We’re down to our last egg. And no more eggs means no more cakes. Serious business. To defuse the stress of the situation Jon baked a pineapple upside-down cake. And while we’re on the subject of food, tonight’s culinary extravaganza was home made Pizza by Tina. Yum!

Not much else to report from the day. Teo and Tina are married. Mia and Jon are their kids. It was their anniversary today, Tina forgot but Teo reminded her and organised a movie to celebrate. Jon and Mia are twins and it was their birthday today also, Teo made ‘pancakes’ to celebrate and wrapped ‘presents’ for us to open. It’s been a strange kinda day.

Last day tomorrow with a little luck. Short and sweet.