Not much to report after a regular uneventful night. We just gybed to get more west in order to set up for getting across the ITCZ.
At 09.25: N12*50 W120*105
COG: 250* SOG: 5.0 kn looks like we should shake out the Genoa with that slow speed. Out!
Today…
…. I’m tired. The wave action is a lot and it’s difficult to be below deck. Yesterday I made a big pot of coconut lentil soup with cumin and new baked bread. Afterwords I was exhausted from trying not to fall while tending to simple kitchen duties. It’s also getting warm and muggy here as we are getting closer to the southern hemisphere. So when running the stove and oven, the sweat is dripping. I feel like I’m in a Bikrim yoga class.
Most of the time this undertaking feels like an easy task. I’m so grateful that I made the decision to buy this boat and sail around the globe, but at times, it’s hard and mood is low. I miss not getting adequate sleep. I miss alone time. I miss a feeling sand between my toes. I miss watching a movie, while sipping a glass of red wine. Then I snap out of it, knowing this all is less than 2 weeks away. Sailaway Sarantuim 👩🏼✈️
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Thanks for the update! Interesting, I was just listening to a clip today about how wave action and the state of it, is often more important than wind strength (up to a point) when it comes to comfort at sea. And I can only imagine what gymnastics are required while cooking during ‘life on the lean’ in a choppy sea. But you did it. One thing I hear regularly from long distance cruisers, is that the highs can be very high, and the lows can be very low, as if the Intensity Dial for these emotions has been turned up way more than when one is living a life on land. I can imagine that. For most of us, ‘regular life’ on land is, in comparison to what you are doing, rather boring, esp if you have a dull job. I’m sure that your highs will soon drown out those lows, especially when you’re able to stand up in the pulpit close to the end of this passage, not too long from now, and call out that phrase that gets every sailors heart pumping – “Land ho!” I’d love to know how that feels!
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