Today the wind has been playing games with us, dropping down at times so that our boat speed has temporarily halved and Tintin wallows around in the swell. It's surprisingly frustrating when we are so near to landfall, but not sure if we will make it in before dark tomorrow night or not. The bay on Hiva Oa is quite exposed and pretty crowded. We won't risk entering in the dark, so all fingers on board are crossed for enough wind and boat speed to get us there without the need to stand off overnight tomorrow.
The Marquesaas are 9.5 hours behind GMT, so by the time you are having breakfast or heading off to work on Monday morning in the UK I hope we will have dropped our anchor.
I have been distracting myself today by baking bread and a chocolate and walnut cake... it isn't so easy to concentrate on anything when we are so close. It has been an amazing journey but I think I speak for us all when I say we are so looking forward to reaching the Marquesas!