I am just waking up after a few hours of sleep! We’ve divided up the helm shifts three ways. 12-4, 4-8 and 8-11! I’m on 4-8, and so far it’s going well! I’m tired, haven’t had much food and always checking the boat! So I haven’t had a lot of time to check in with myself. It’s busy! My crew are a wealth of knowledge and everyone are chipping in doing their parts! I can completely trust their skills! This would be a challenge on my own!
It’s hard to sleep and hard to cook! But we’re eating enough! I’m living in foul gear and wearing pj underneath! Last night on my shift I detected a sailboat heading from west to east! We were on collision course. After hailing numerous times to discuss a plan we altered our course to pass them on their stern. They never answered and stayed their course. I noticed them about 30 nmiles ahead of time and had time to plan our plan! When we finally saw their lights we slowly passed them within 500 m and they probably had no idea as most likely on self steering and sound asleep! Two ships passing in the night!
Sailaway Sarantium 