11/2
Holy cow! Who would have thought this trip would start out with rough weather? As we left the anchorage on Tuesday our friend from Chile said, "There's no wind out there." Boy, was he wrong! Just after I sent my first e-mail, the weather picked up and up, until we started reducing sail.
Wednesday we reefed the main (which means we reduced the size of the main sail, which we’ve done only a handful of times) and by that night we were down to using the staysail only. The seas were 10 feet (according to who measures seas) and rolling this crate every which way.
I haven't found my sea legs yet, but I keep putting off using Scopalamine for motion sickness because I'm SURE the weather will improve any moment. Oh, and here's a good one ... when we were at a store provisioning the boat in Washington, Bruce had a combo pack of 1,000 Ibuprofen in his hands. "We don't need that much," I assured him, since we rarely take medication. "I'll pick up a small bottle." Now I don't recall ever doing that, and all we've found on board are 14 precious Advil. And now that we're out here not drinking coffee, getting slammed all over the place and finding only broken bits of sleep, we've got jumbo headaches. Dang.
Wednesday we reefed the main (which means we reduced the size of the main sail, which we’ve done only a handful of times) and by that night we were down to using the staysail only. The seas were 10 feet (according to who measures seas) and rolling this crate every which way.
I haven't found my sea legs yet, but I keep putting off using Scopalamine for motion sickness because I'm SURE the weather will improve any moment. Oh, and here's a good one ... when we were at a store provisioning the boat in Washington, Bruce had a combo pack of 1,000 Ibuprofen in his hands. "We don't need that much," I assured him, since we rarely take medication. "I'll pick up a small bottle." Now I don't recall ever doing that, and all we've found on board are 14 precious Advil. And now that we're out here not drinking coffee, getting slammed all over the place and finding only broken bits of sleep, we've got jumbo headaches. Dang.
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