Day Two, Monday water is flat, no wind... the trip was a go. We went to get fuel, Tom figured we could make the trip with 10 gallons to spare. We had till Wednesday afternoon and the cold front would drop down bringing rain and wind with 3+ foot seas. We are not overnight sailors. Up to this point the longest run was about 30 hours and talk about cranky.....
We were tried of chasing cold weather and getting stuck at different places so we bit the bullet and decided we could do this. Hot oatmeal cereal in the morning and miracles of miracles by 1 pm both Tom and I had peeled out of our fleeces and enjoyed the sun. Tom took first watch and I took the midnight to 4 am watch and we made it through our first 24 hours. We saw lights, on the horizon but only one or two. I did have fish and porpoise visitors through out the night. There is something unique about that swooshing, whisper puff splash that alerts you to their presence. The moon was so bright I could see them just under the surface.
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| Where we anchored out Shell Island |
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we shared the channel with two cargo ships
one was Progresso, wonder if they carried soup? |
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| Tom knots |
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We went back to investigate thinking it was a turtle... have
no ideal |
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| video on Face book - I love the visits |
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| sunset and no one else is around |
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