Saturday, November 9, 2013

Crunchy Enough

0850 Saturday 3134n 7258w wind NE 20-25 seas 6ft heading 105 at 6kts under reefed sails.
Smooth is a relative term and we are still on the crunchy side of the 'peanut butter curve'. The ship is doing well, and most of the crew are in robust health. We are hoping to report a complete absence of mal de mer in our next report. The navigation is working so far to plan: we have made 390nm of easting, and even though we are now headed with the winds clocking to NE, we expect to be able to make longitude 65W far enough North before the Trade Winds would block any further easting. What was a deviation from plan was last night's dinner: heating anything on the bouncing stove was too scary, so we made do with ham and cheese wraps with olives and tomato.
If you are reading this you are on our blog: please spread the word to family and friends, as 'we' (JFK) failed to send out a global email with our blog's address. Best, John and Nancy, with Bob and Matt Glaser.