I decided to head to bed early for my first sleep shift. All our times were off. Mark said that the rain was constant and heavy, not like we have seen since Panama. The sun was totally behind clouds for yet another day. The seas were bashing as they pushed under us. We turned on one engine from 6 pm and shut it down at 3 am. Winds were light and the engine was turned back on from 8 am - 3 pm. We saw nothing but rain all day. Seas were 4-6 thru the day, but have settled quite a bit thru sunset. I was able to put together a lovely hot lunch as I waited for Mark to finish his second sleep. We ran the water maker for a couple hours this afternoon. Did some reading, playing games and answering satellite messages, which took up my day. Also watched a Bond movie, Die Another Day. Lots of action, for sure. Kept me awake on my helm shifts. Mark bailed out water from the dinghy, after so much rain. The wind kept changing direction and there was sail changes to take care of. On Mark's watch, he was trying to sail, which meant coming off the rhumb line. I was not happy as we ended up being over 2 miles off. At that point we were motoring as well. So, I worked us back to the rhumb line. After lunch, Mark and I raised a reefed main sail, as the wind shifted to the beam on starboard side, which is from the north. The seas were bouncy. We boiled a kettle full of water to heat our sun shower. It was a tricky maneuver to transit the back stairs. Thankfully, we did not have any issues. We tied a green bunch of bananas to the underside of our cockpit awning before we left Bora Bora and they have been ripening every day. We have been using the other very tiny ripe ones we bought in Vaitape. We still have many of those leftover for our morning cereal. Mark just went out and took a picture of the end of the banana bunch which is all that is left. The ripe bananas are splattered on the cockpit floor. Mark fed them to the fish. This is the first time in a couple of days, where we can see tiny pieces of blue in the sky. It's after 5 pm and the sun is almost set for the day. Won't be able to see any green flashes with the amount of clouds on the horizon. Every so many waves is quite sizeable. When it rains at night, we have less visibility with the moon's light. The horizon ahead looks lighter for a change. Maybe we can continue with our north winds and faster sailing conditions. Mark said he saw speed over 8 knots. That is a most welcome speed. We still have 215 nautical miles to go to Suwarrow, North Cook Islands. That means two more days on the water. Good winds sure make a difference. I would like enough non-rainy weather to dry all the wet clothes, towels and jackets. There's always tomorrow. Happy to report that my stomach is behaving today. Also, my sore throat went away. Cruising along at 7.9 knots! Yeah! Thanks for all the newsy satellite text messages and sailmail emails. All are very much appreciated!!