Day 12

It is dawn, 5am EST, and the sun has risen and the moon is still in the sky. We are starting to see more birds now.
I have another hour in my shift, my coffee is almost gone and I just finished a tough Sudoko game. Two chapters left in Out of Africa and hope to complete the book in the next 24 hours, just prior to the completion of this journey.
The engine is still on, the winds are still light and when they do blow it is from the South (so we are pointing directly into them). We should be seeing East Trade Winds but they have gone on vacation. Our sender (fuel gauge level) despite finally being able to pull it out, still doesn’t work and we are going on a hope and prayer, rough calculation, recording each fuel transfer.
If the engine is still going, and we don’t hit bad weather, we should arrive midday tomorrow. Another 148nm to go!
Yesterday felt like a long day! I made breakfast for everyone (breakfast burrito on corn tortillas), and had to take things from Freezer 2 which isn’t working well…. So I heated split pea soup for lunch. It was good! We lost some shrimp, which I despised of over board, and enjoyed sitting on the transom, until I got sick of the fumes. I did some yoga and went for a nap in the afternoon before on shift from 3-6pm. Michael heated his Shrimp and rice while I did the dishes. Andy, our susceptible to sea sick crew still doesn’t volunteer to do much below.
Yesterday Brian caught his finger in the wind turbine and cut it up pretty bad. He imagines it might be broken, but it doesn’t look so to me, although likely very painful. He has chosen the open air, dip the deep wind in sea water method, rather than keeping it moist. I am hoping it heals fine and he will be able to play guitar soon.Read more