Crossing the Pond Day 1

We departed Walvis Bay in very mild weather at around 13:00 yesterday. The sea state seemed calm and we left port excited to continue our journey. While all was calm with nature, I prepared dinner so that it was ready before dark, because cooking with a red light at night is a messy business.

Unfortunately it was not long and once again the dreaded sea sick monster raised its head 🤢🤮 and struck the captain with a vengence. It has been a relentless 28 hours, the worst it has ever been and no recovery insight, bucket and toilet hugging for hours. My biggest concern now is dehydration. However as most sailors know this torment does eventually end, it just seems to take forever. This is the punishment for being on land for too long.

The wind has been a steady 13-14 knots, hitting us at 120° on port. We have been averaging SOG 4-5 knots so we are definitely in the trade winds. The sea is calm the swell was getting us on the side for quite some time and I suspect that this is the reason for illness.

We have all slotted pretty easily into our shifts, doing 6 hours during the day and 3 hours after dark seems to work quite well giving every one ample time to rest.

For some reason our apparent speed has stopped working for some reason, who knows why, we will have to figure it out at a later stage, speed over ground is working so all good.

Not a cloud in sight, and a beautiful day out here, I think we are going to have the privilege of seeing many beautiful sunsets, so be prepared to see plenty photos of sunsets, from all over the world as they just never get old for me. We are 110 NM off the coast and starlink is working like a charm, we are streaming music, netflix, news and anything we want, what a game changer starlink is for sailors.