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Lazy days on the ocean
The first week of our passage to the Caribbean has gone really well. Too well; it’s a bit strange to have it so easy for once. We started off in light winds and the breeze remained steady throughout the days but died overnight. The waves were manageable during the day and only a little annoying at night; the boat rocked but in a gentle motion. Not exactly peaceful but so far no one has been even slightly seasick. We’ve been lethargic for most of the week and we’ve spent all our time sleeping or listening to audio books on the ipod; we don’t feel overly tired though so we must be getting enough rest. We’ve developed a bit of a laissez-faire attitude towards our watches and sometimes stay in our berths overnight, getting up once an hour to take a look around. We haven’t seen anything – it is really amazing. No marine life, no freighters, not even any garbage to speak of. You are meant to realize how small you are in the middle of the ocean but without any context we just feel really alone. Sometime around the 5th day of not seeing anything, and about 500 nm out to sea, we realized that no matter how many beacons or alarms we have if there aren’t any boats or freighters in our area we aren’t getting rescued if the boat goes down. We considered for the first time whether we might not be a bit crazy. We tried not to think about it too much. The highlights of the trip so far are: 1) Adam was hit in the head by a flying fish. I was sleeping in my berth and he came down below demanding that I smell his hair. He said that he was innocently standing around when a big fish entered the cockpit and assaulted him in the head. The fish then fell onto the deck and started flapping aggressively. Adam did not want to touch the “dirty and disgusting” fish so he did not attempt to provide it with any aid but watched as it eventually flapped itself back into the ocean. Adam points out that because of his allergy this could be construed as assault with a deadly weapon. No charges were laid. 2) There have been some really creepy radio calls at night. Sometimes it is a man making deep guttural noises and sometimes a young girl speaking a few words in a language that we don’t recognize and couldn’t even guess at. Adam frequently reminds me that this might be the start of the end of the world and I, in turn, frequently shake my head roll my eyes at him. Only two days until Christmas.