First Day at Sea

I am in my midnight to 3pm shift. Only an hour left 😊. We have been sailing for 22 hours and should hit the Gulf Stream in the next two hours. We won’t stay in it long, crossing it in six hours. There are about 50 boats within 10nm of us… however over the next 48hrs the pack will spread out more. The winds have been light and we have motored ALL day and night and will likely need to do so for a total of 5 days on this trip.
The crew, Andy (from the UK, whose wife teaches Pilates) and Michael seem great and I don’t think we will have any problems. Brian and I were on the helm for the first 6-8 hours, then took a break in the afternoon. I was first in for meal prep (Shepherds Pie) and Brian did clean up. Brian was the 9-12 shift and Michael comes on at 3am. We rotate the shifts so that every 4th night you get a full nights sleep.
I managed to do some yoga and a little exercise today, plus some journal writing. Hopefully I can keep that up every day. The calm seas are a nice way to start this journey! Due to the government shut down in the USA I cannot officially depart the country through ROAM (an app) so I don’t know how it will affect my re-entry. Happy to be heading to another country though…. As my allowable days in the USA was dwindling.Read more