The day passes in a haze of stomach pain. I am incapable of doing anything much to help Mike and am just glad that nothing needs doing. There is no wind – literally less than one knot – and we motor relentlessly on through flat calm seas, which looks more like a mirror than any sea I recognise.
I am terrified that Mike will get this too and keep as far away from him as possible, when all I really want is someone to cuddle me and rub my tummy. Luckily we have food prepared in the fridge that he can eat.
Even though I know this is ‘just’ a stomach bug, when you are alone at sea and things go wrong your imagination can get ahead of you, but rather than anything exotic I actually think that there might have been some vile little bacterial left inside my guts from the Galapagos that has just flared up again when something else tipped the balance. I probably need to get some antibiotics just to make sure when I get to Tahiti. At least today the aching in my skin and muscles has stopped, and I am no longer hot and dry, but back to the less hot but sweaty state. I think I prefer the former!
Our position is: 17 deg 14 min S, 148 deg 02 min W
Distance so far: 6542 nautical miles
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