Location: Atlantic Ocean – Day 3
Position: 25 30.19 N 060 23.18 W
The weather has been almost ideal for the past few days. We have enough wind to sail most mornings, but by around 2pm it drops us down to around 3 knots so it makes more sense to motor - if we ever want to arrive in the Azores, that is
As we move along and the weather is being kind there really is not much to do in regard to boat jobs. One person is always on watch but that just means they are in the cockpit looking out, checking the sails if we are sailing or the engine if we are motoring. All of us seem to spend most of our time in the cockpit reading, chatting or just sitting. We are all getting into a pretty laid back state.
Here's a snippets of a normal day's converstion:
“You think the wind is starting to shift?”
“Maybe….no…wait.., I guess not.”
“Hmm… the swells seem to be getting smaller.”
“Looks like..”
"Did you let out the fishing line?"
"Yea"
"Woah. There's a packing crate floating by..... it is BIG!"
"Holy Crap......well at least it's floating 'this side up'!"
“Great dinner this evening, huh?”
“Yep.”
“Gee. Think it’ll rain?”
“Might. Doubt it, though.”
“Hey! There’s a seagull!”
“Cool!”
"What is the depth of the ocean here?"
"6032"
"Is that feet or meters?"
"Dunno"
"Hmm, does it really matter?"
"Wow, look at that cloud - it looks like a mustache shop"
"You are insane"
"Am not"
"Are, too"
"Oh, look - there's a bottle"
All we need to complete our “sittin’ on the front porch” picture is a bug zapper. Oh, and some bugs to zap. Now that would be entertaining. Yawn.
“Ooh! We’ve gained half a knot!”
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Mark & Julies/v Rachel
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