N 01° 48.140
E 173° 01.620

It started raining in the morning. Not to heavy but a long rain. Visibility was limited. The atoll appeared in a different light. The atmosphere was different. No blue sky with bright white cumulus clouds on the sky. The sea still showed its light green.

I used the rain to continue a bit of laundry. I could rinse the laundry almost 3 times.

Then we got a VHF call from the other sailboat in the atoll. They saw us coming in an also on their AIS system. They are here since a while and invited us to come over and drop the hook closer to them. In the afternoon after the rain stopped, we moved south and dropped the hook in a bit deeper water.

I also wrote two catching up narrations.

We also did some small boat tasks.

After the rain the wind died, but the sky was still mostly covered with clouds. A part of the ITCZ, the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone with its doldrums, is finally moving also over the western part of the Kiribati Islands and us.

When the sun went down, it was this time Tobi, who took the initiative to do a workout, which fell good. I always do my workouts on the morning or when sailing during my night watches. Doing it immediately after sunset is a good idea. I hope I can keep it.