Pacific Ocean 28 March 2010

We lost sight of land early this morning, sometime between the end of my night watch (5 a.m.) and the beginning of my day watch. Actually we’re pretty loose about the day watches, and a little more formal about the night watches, but we’ve not yet settled on the best times for both of us. I’m not so great at sleeping during the day (and being a light sleeper, I’m not much better sleeping at night). But it’s the first day, so I need to not be too hard on myself. Still sleep is a bit of an obsession of mine right now. The kids help out during the day, so naps are possible for both of us, if I can find the ever flighty sleepy feeling, tired is easy to find, sleepy not so easy.

Winds and seas are calm and we motored most of the day today. A nice breeze picked up an hour ago, so the engine is off, and the waves are lapping at the hull as we glide by. A nice sound to sleep by if one could stop obsessing about sleeping. We’re sailing at a comfortable 6-7 knots, wind on the beam, our TTG (Time to Goal) is flashing between 16 and 18 days (last night it was flashing between 45-55 days when the wind died down and we were sailing 3-4 knots).

Otherwise all’s well aboard and the winds are indeed fair.

xoxomo
Franksciptum: the prize of the day goes to the little blue engine that can.