Journal of the eighth day on board

9th May, 1999

2:00 a.m. Captain Nicola turns the bow towards the land due to a strong sirocco wind and the violent storm.
The testing phase has been concluded, not even a shark's shadow, anyhow we are satisfied.
On the other hand, Recchi says that we if we still keep missing the sharks we are allowed to become discouraged only after the 10th of July, but there's still time from now until then!
We are definitely ready to start the real expedition which will leave (depending on weather conditions) on Saturday the 15th from Gallipoli.
Today we finalise the details of this complex task.