Still a little green but sitting up!
It’s the fourth day and things are getting Back to normal. We left Sydney on August 3rd and headed back out to the Cabot Straight. We saw a large colony of seals fishing and sunning themselves in the water at the mouth of the Sydney Harbour – which was the best part of the day. In fact that is the last thing that I remember about our departure day. Things deteriorated quickly and we had a rough night which lead into a rough couple of days. The wind wasn’t horrible but the waves were fast and steep. Zenobia was rocked around and the conditions were really uncomfortable. Daniel and I were seasick for the first night and I continued to have trouble well into the second day. Adam felt queasy but was able to continue on with his shifts and generally remained his sassy self. We have been through a full two days of our 2 hours on four hours off rotations but our bodies haven’t adjusted to the routine yet. Adam is doing well, aside from being tired, but Daniel and I have both felt extreme lethargy and can’t seem to do much beyond getting through our shifts. I’m having a difficult time sleeping during my four hours off and feel exceedingly tired at all times – my limbs don’t seem to want to do anything that I tell them! Untill today the weather has been grey and damp and the foul weather gear has been used daily. We had a particularly foggy morning yesterday and a plane flew quite low and close to us. We couldn’t see it but it sounded as though it were right off the port beam and gave us a bit of a shock. Today seems to be brightening up though and I have high hopes that we will be able to recover ourselves in the next day or two. Everyone’s changed their clothes and brushed their teeth and we feel alive again and ready to face the rest of the crossing.