We have been at sea now for 11 days and have been completely
alone out here. We have not seen a peep of anything- only the occasional
dolphin, whale, tweeting birds and flying fish that torpedo their way on the
boat and sometimes at us in the middle of the night.
So far, we have experienced a very passive ocean. We have
encountered some messy seas, some water in the cockpit, a bit of rain and hot
sweltering days, but overall, the ocean and the weather have been very mild and
nice to us. Almost too nice- we spent the last 2 days barely moving as the
winds were too light to keep the sails full. This means we more or less drifted
and bobbed around waiting for the wind to pick up. It is a tough thing to
experience going as little as 1 mile an hour when you have over 1,800 miles to
go…luckily, the winds have picked up this morning and we are sailing at a
whopping average of 5 miles an hour which is actually a very good speed for us.
Fingers crossed that this keeps up.
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