Whew! We've been busy trimming, helming, and trimming to get out of the wind holes and into the breeze. Things are warming up and out clothes are finally drying out. The sea is an amazing deep blue and the clouds are clearing.
We've seen a few albatross (Sooty?) and a fin whale followed for about 30 minutes the other day (will post photos later). We had a few blue sail jellyfish hitch a ride on our foredeck. Sadly, there is a lot of plastic out here. MOst of it looks like fishing balls (rubber, one glass),broken up fishing crates, and plastic bottles. I even saw two little tires.
Mark is really great at fixing things and sorting issues. He tinkers when the wind is light (as the Vallarta Race Deceptionistas might remember...). We are still eating our vacuseal dinners heated via jet boil - a great system, but freeze dried meals are in our near future. We don't mind, it's so beautiful out here.
The boat is still relatively dry and the boat smells are probably 2 out of 10. Fair warning to the Ag inspectors upon our arrival!
We are acclimatizing to the 2 on- 2 off watch system but we are both having crazy dreams. No worries, we haven't gone Crowhurst yet and we still love each other. We are so tired, the pipe berth seems comfortable!
Peace and Love, Shana and MArk
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