"It's Sod's Law that our last day at sea before Tahiti should be our hardest. Wind force 8 gusting 9, an evil hissing sea, and driving rain. But Hygeia is more than up to it - only a quarter of the mainsail, a handkerchief of headsail and the washboards firmly in place - it's only when you open the hatches that you're really aware of the wailing banshees above. At least there was no lightning! Should get in around lunch-time."