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There was one meter

of water in it,

and plants had been

growing over it.

Everything

in it smelled horrible.

It was like a ghost ship.

But it was cheap,

and we could afford it.

So, we bought it

and started working on it.

And after a month

of working on it,

I really fell in love

with the boat.

Guppy is 40 foot,

which sounds quite big

to some people,

but it's, like, really small.

I really feel like a guppy

when I'm on this big ocean.

It's the seventh day

on the Pacific.

I'm on my way to Hiva Oa

and I've had seven days

of great wind.

Last night was even windier,

Guppy was practically flying.

The sail across the Pacific

was, I think,

the most beautiful sail

I've ever had.

My parents sailed the same route

20 years ago,

and I had my logbook

from my parents,

so every day I was looking

at what their speed was.

So I was racing against them.

They took about 19 days,

and I did 18,

so yeah,

pretty awesome.

When I was younger,

I saw all these pictures

from my parents

from all these beautiful islands

in the Pacific

that I couldn't even

imagine really existing

because they looked

way too perfect.

And now, I can't believe it,

I'm here.

Every country you come in,

you have to find

out where customs is

and go over to them.

When do you leave?

Uh, Sunday?

You go the islands?

I don't know, I think so.

But it's not sure.

Mo'orea is sure.

Not sure?

Really.

Most of the time it's pretty fun

because they totally

don't get what you're doing.

They ask an exact date

when you're leaving.

Sometimes even hours

and minutes,

which is practically impossible,

it's, like, not a plane.

I want to know on what date

you leave French Polynesia.

You know?

- I don't know, it's a sailboat.

- I know it's a sailboat.

Yeah, it's really hard to...

it's like, you go

with the wind when it's good,

and you never know

where you're going.

I loved the Pacific

from the beginning.

All the islands are different,

the people are different,

the cultures are different.

It just is,

it's... it's paradise.

In Europe and Holland,

they're thinking

only about money.

Money is most important thing,

raising a family, getting a car,

getting a house, getting kids,

and then die.

But the Pacific,

it's perfect.

I only stayed for a couple

of days in each island

to still be in the good season

to press to the Indian Ocean,

which makes me

really, really upset.

I just couldn't handle

leaving this beautiful place

so soon.

I was also sad because

I was sailing past New Zealand

and not stopping there.

I was born there,

and seems like such

a beautiful place to go to.

It was like, like my dreamland

and it was there, it was close.

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