Log Day 12 – Rescue at sea
When I came up for my 7am watch this morning, I was just chatting with Charles about weather and the sea state when I heard something flopping around on the starboard deck. I looked over, and there was a flying fish trying his hardest to flop off, but he couldn’t “fly” over the toe rail. Good citizen that I am, I reached over to give him a boost, but he was very floppy. When I finally caught him, I tossed him, but I heaved him into a rail and he landed back on the deck. He probably wasn’t so happy with my help. But, on the second try, I was able to send him back into the Atlantic to live another day and perhaps fly onto the deck of another Caribbean bound boat.
Winds are holding steady from 18-22 knots from the east. The Atlantic swell is still rolling the boat. We’re going to break the 1200NM mark before midnight tonight.
I finally fixed the cabinet that kept opening when we rocked to the port side. I was tired of picking up the mixing bowls off the floor. It was a simple fix, but I didn’t know it needed adjusting. Other than that, all boat systems are working (except the generator, but we’re going to focus on that when we get to St. Lucia).
The green (as in very green and very hard) bananas that we bought before we left JUST ripened today. So, we are having bananas almost 2 weeks into the passage which is great. I did have to throw out a cabbage head that was turning moldy. But, we’ve still got lots of food frozen. The fresh vegetables are just starting to get a little scarce. I think when I get to St. Lucia, I’ll order a big fresh cold green salad!
We are staying on UTC time for the boat for the entire passage, but we should be “falling back” every few days. Yesterday, sunrise was at 8:38 am. Today it was at 8:46 am. My morning watch is from 7-9 am. So, in a couple of days, it will be a completely dark watch. I’m glad I took some pictures of the sunrise a week or so ago!