amazing how fast conditions can change at sea! following one of the best days on our trip, Day 10 came in looking ugly and mean, one the hardest days physically on all of us. everyone dressed in foulies any time we were up on deck, and mouse and I put our seaboots on, first shoes we've worn all trip!
from my journal:
"well, we've gone from sheer delight to a serious grind -- nothing but big wind & big waves & weird wind shifts & miserable conditions -- even sleeping ALL of our off-watch time doesn't produce enough rest -- everyone glassy-eyed and crabby -- even the boat's creaks and crashes seem louder and more ominous. this is the not-fun side of ocean-crossing -- not quite a gale, but might as well be, for how it's got us all feeling."
video clip from our afternoon watch, when the seas were actually a bit smaller:
www.vimeo.com/228741
down below, we discovered that the bigger waves crashing across the decks could force open the hatches if they hit at just the right angle -- this happened twice, once dumping a huge wave of water on my feet as I was getting ready for sleep, then about a half-hour later over the galley, just barely missing my sleeping head.
the boat's motion was too difficult to manage to cook anything -- so david and I had gingersnaps and Hawaiian Sun juice for breakfast/lunch, and finger-fulls of pre-grated cheese along with crackers for dinner -- just couldn't manage anything more elaborate.
noontime postion on june 16 (saturday): 35° 39' 8" N, 137° 58' 5" W, giving us a 24-hour run of 138 nautical miles (pretty slow the previosu day, when we'd mostly been motoring), and 756 miles to go 'til home...
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