On our way !

Great news We are finally underway!! All issues fixed. We left Hong Kong at 10:30 am local time on Thursday. Overcast, 16 knots of wind on the port beam. We are beam reaching, heading south, and easily doing 9-12 knots. This big catamaran is fast

This is a very busy shipping lane. A lot of container ships and fishing boats to watch for.

It's a pleasant kind of warm. Water and air temp over 80 degrees I and wearing a bathing suit all day.

Transition to the watch system
It takes a few days to get your body to transition to the watch systems On this boat the skipper chose 4 on 6 off. There is not a lot of down time. We were working and and sailing and eating and sleeping. Rough weather made is impossible for sleep in the forward bunk. Our off watch sleep was where ever we could find a bunk in the cockpit coushions…
The heat ment you were sweating while sleeping. But we had to get south out of the typhoon zone.
Stand up whenever possible walked ¾ mile per day
I got an apple watch. It was the best. It made me stand up more. And measured that I walked ¾ mile some days.Read more