March 26: Day 14 We crossed into the ITCZ today, the dreaded “Doldrums.” We have had wind at our backs for so many days that when, in a span of five minutes, the wind went from the North to the South it was so disorienting that I had to keep refering to the compasss to […]
March 25: Day 13 At the halfway point we toasted to a safe and uneventfull passage. Like a dream today has been just that. We are both worn from the two weeks of sleeping in three hour shifts, the inexplicable sameness of every day and always being on watch or ready to jump at a […]
March 24: Day 12 Last night was the longest and most stressful night we have had so far. The winds had started whipping up to 25 knotts, it was raining, the seas where six foot and choppy. There was no moon. Then the auto pilot decided to stop working. I attempted hand steering so that […]
March 23: Day 11 Happy Easter Well Brett can’t do dishes anymore, lucky him! He says the wound feels fine and when we checked it there was no sign of infection. Changed the bandage. I decided to do some cooking and baking to make the boat merry and fun after the trauma that was yesterday. […]
March 21: Day 9 This refrigerator issue has gotten out of hand. Now that Brett and I have both consumed our fair share of toxic, contaminated food going into the frige has become an ordeal on par with helping to nurse a lepper. I really wish I had a gas mask. One whiff of that […]
March 20: Day 8 Yesterday we were cruising along and batteling the wind, as usual. It was coming straight off the stern and moving from side to side. This requires constant sail adjustment and course changes. I was checking our possition on the Chart Plotter when all of the sudden my tiny world did a […]
March 19: Day 7 Last night the wind was gusting up to 30 knotts. I have lonly seen 30 knotts one other time. It feels like a lot of wind right now. We had to shorten sail as much as possible but the boat kept getting overpowered by the unpredictable gusts. We tried taking down […]
March 18: Day 6 The swells out of the North are tremendous. When I look out of the aft window of the cockpit it switches from a grey blue sky to a wall of water and back again. The cobalt blue that was the water of yesterday has been replaced with a frothing steel grey. […]
March 17: Day 5 Had a whold bowl of soup today and it tasted fine but afterward I was burping up the toxic frige smell and feeling queezy. Have thrown everything out that was not vacu-sealed. What a waste. the winds have started to build again but so have the seas, so despite the fact […]
March 16: Day 4 The gale that was predicted has not come. The wind is light but building and the seas have discovered some shape. I have been looking at the stars that are reflected in the phosphorescence below and alowing myself to feel fully that state of wonder. The ocean is so vast and […]