0100hrs 31 July 2003 UTC: 06N37, 179W32

Heading 215T, speed 5.5kts, wind NE 20, swell E 2m, humid. Just as the SE Trades looked set, in comes a nasty NE'ly with squalls and a rolly sea. Just 20 hrs to go to Tuvalu and in a few hrs we'll lose a day as we cross Longitude 180. Another sleepless night coming up.