Daily Logs

Tamanaco - transatlantique nuit 8

Navigation de nuit Les conditions météo ont bien changé. Fini le temps plus ou moins calme ou le pilote automatique pouvait nous remplacer et laisser une partie de l’équipage au repos. Les vagues se sont creusées et dévient le bateau par des coups de butoir latéraux. Parfois elles viennent de l’arrière et vous emmènent dans un surf. De jour, c’est amusant à contrôler, à jouer avec les vagues pour un petit concours de vitesse entre amis. De nuit, sans visibilité,c’est beaucoup moins drôle. On a beau avoir régler les voiles pour réaliser le meilleur cap possible, il y a toujours une petite vague sournoise que l’on aura pas vue arriver pour vous faire faire une embardée, un petit coup de vent vicieux qui vous emporte à bâbord ou à tribord selon son choix. On a l’impression d’être dans un. read more...

Morgane of Sark - messy monday

Hi there, this is our log of day 11 at the Atlantic Ocean.Today we were a bit tired. We didn’t sleep all that great. Last night was a bit messy with two squals and gusty winds; anywhere between 12 and 35 knots. A lot of rain again during the squal. We sailed most of the night only on our main and at “quiet” times we pulled our Genua partlyout. The hardtop on our boat is very comfortable when the wind and waves are picking up and we always feel safe.Waves have been increasing during the night and we kept rolling in our beds. From one side to the other. And back. And again..Finally, piled a bunch of pillows on both sides of the bed, against the slings to stabilize ourselves. Must say that by now we do look forward to a straight 8 hour sleep in a non-moving bed!We didn’t have our daily SSB. read more...

Emily Morgan - Day 9 - The Errant Cabbage

We enjoyed our lunch yesterday of freshly caught fish and Anna's freshly baked home-made bread and that was the highlight of the day. The following hours were hard going. The confused seas meant we were pitching forwards and backwards while lurching from side to side. Strong stomachs required. Under her reduced sails, Emily Morgan sedulously scaled improbably high hills of water and coasted down into the deep troughs. When the boat surged through a wave, the grey seawater that was thrust aside and became a beautiful, translucent, aquamarine green topped by a foaming white froth. The visible horizon reduced to about 20 metres as we were surrounded by massive grey ramparts. When night fell the sounds of the writhing sea were accompanied by the whining wind in the rigging, the snapping of. read more...

Tamanaco - Tough day today

This morning we tried raising the Code Zero sail on the pole.Not easy.After two unsuccessful attempts we concluded the wind was simply too strong.We gave up.Fortunately nothing was broken and nobody got hurt.Advantage, we thought would have been a better heading, I.e. pointing in the right direction of St Lucia.We continued under sail, with the main 1/3rd out (equivalent to second reef) and a few turns on the front jib.Winds were in the high twenty/low 30 knots all day and the sea was huge.I helmed for a while and it was epic, fun to go down huge valleys of water, but requiring constant attention.Vincent, Val and Rodrigue also gave it a go in the afternoon.With out current sail configuration we are doing a 300|315 heading, whereas ideally we would do 265 degrees to go to St Lucia.We will. read more...

Hoka Hey - Halyard Repair Mid Atlantic

P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} Friday evening our halyard went off and the Code 0 fell in the water. The whole crew managed to get the Code 0 back on deck without further damage. On Saturdaywe had a new splice on the halyard and it was attached to the mast top again. This is a photo of one of the crew members, Claes Gregart, up the mast to attach the halyard for the Code0 on Hoka Hey, a Hallberg Rassy 64 with a mast height of 27,5 m. At the time we were sailing in 7-8 knots in 12-14 knots of wind.Jan LocknerSkipper IMG_6918 (2). read more...

Mary Doll - Satellite Communications Down

This message has kindly been relayed for us by ARC yacht Misty Mohr to let you all know that we are no longer able to reply to your kind messages as our satellite communications system is down. Please be reassured that otherwise all iswell onboard, and we have just baked a cake!. read more...

Cajuna - J+10 : machine à laver au programme

De beau creux et un beau soleil nous ont accompagné tout au long de cette journée. Les vagues vont perdurer avec 2,5 à 3 m, j'espère que le soleil fera de même. Nous faisons trace directe en vent arrière. Plus confortable mais nécessitant une vigilance constante pour ne pas se faire embarquer par une mauvaise vague. Nous allons passer sous les 1000 miles restant à courir, hips !Ce soir c'est pain maison et quiche surprise!Tout va bien à bord. A+. read more...

Time Out - Day 9 - Jamais 4 sans 5…

La nuit a été humide : premiers grains avec 30 à 35 noeuds en rafale, ils s’enchaînent même l’un après l’autre lors du premier quart! Et le cockpit fuit! Nous faisons une réparation de fortune à base de canettes de bière pour donner une pente au toit. Une solution plus pérenne est prévue pour le lendemain.Réveil à l’odeur du bon pain frais. Et le soleil est au rendez-vous. Les vagues aussi d’ailleurs, pas beaucoup de changements de ce coté là depuis hier.Nous nous risquons à sortir le code 0 en papillon avec le génois. Beaux moments de navigation au soleil, certains voient les premiers poissons volants. La température remonte… Nous allons même gagner un degré par jour dans la semaine à venir, jusque 27°, la température des Antilles.D’autres grains sont annoncés. Alors que les conditions. read more...

Whirlwind - Log Day 7 - Histoire de spinnaker

[Message du week-end / Whirlwind]- Pige du samedi 27 Novembre.Journée particulière à bord de Whirlwind pour au moins 3 raisons. D'abord, c'est l'anniversaire de Romuald qui fête ses 51 ans à bord. Les "joyeux anniversaire Romu" ont commencé ‪dès 5h du mat‬ avec le quart de spare et un bon verre, bonne ambiance à bord, l’équipage profite du moment.Ensuite, une météo exceptionnelle, 18 nœuds de vent au grand largue sous spi, les shorts et la crème solaire étaient de mise. Chacun, ici ou là allongé sur le pont, dans les voiles, telle une cigale sur une branche... du bonheur en barre.Enfin, côté course, Whirlwind revient progressivement sur son retard. Nous payons les 48h de pétole du départ, mais maintenant que le vent est présent, le bateau file sur l’océan. Bref, une journée pleine de. read more...

Sunrise - ARC2021 - Day #9 on the SUNRISE

Although our blog started with a slight delay - from now on: we´ll try to keep you updated more regularily!Our great skipper supported by the crew´s skilled hands managed to repair the genoa to such an extend that we are able to use it again. We used a drill, a steel shakle and some more parts to re-establish the connection to our forestay. So we are back on track with our main genoa, riding the trade winds with around 8 knots. Actually we're considering to rename our vessel to "MacGyver II" but the owner might have some concerns about that ... ;-)However, still no news on our tuna-project. So far, all our baits were obviously not attractive enough for these delicious guys. But we keep on trying and as our ship's name SUNRISE claims - day after day, we're still letting the sun rise! Stay. read more...

Skyelark 2 - Monday - Day 8

Monday -Day 8All of the crew seem to have got their sea-legs and getting comfortable with the rolling motion of the yacht. We are all coping with the watch system (3 hours on 6 hours off 24/7) and helping each other with the various duties required to keep all in clean, safe and good order.For the last 2/3 days we have experienced the true strong tradewinds carrying us West to St Lucia. Today was our our second consequative day of over 200nm loggedCurrently, we have winds of 20-25 knots gusting to 30 and white crested waves of 2-3m height with higher swells from behind raising us up and pushing us forward scaring the flying fish into action.We have the headsail and mainsail goosewinged (both with two reefs) plus the staysail on the same side as the main to provide a little more stability. read more...

Khamsin - Khamsin Day 11

Mine is the 12-3am watch tonight and the vast sky is just stunning - completely covered by a sparkling blanket of stars. So so many stars. Need Piers’ app to navigate me past the Girl Scout staples of Orion’s Belt and the Plough. You can really get why people are so passionate about deep space. Maybe that’s the next challenge. Haha no way… don’t worry Gareth! And fingers crossed all the stars mean no prospect of squalls. For the moment at least. Actually I love the nights at sea. Just me, the stars and the ocean. It’s an awesome feeling knowing you’re in the middle of the Atlantic with no one around for miles and water as deep as the Andes (poetic license but you get the drift). Having space and time to enjoy inner peace is such a privilege even if disturbed from time to time by an over. read more...

High Cotton - A Dream

What a Tuna! This team event took around 45 minutes to get aboard. Keeping the boat under control in wind and wave means keeping a small piece of sail up resulting in a fight with this 75cm beast moving at 3kts in the wrong direction. We have been devouring tuna for the past couple of days and their is plenty more in stock. Personally I’ve always dreamed of catching a fish like this. Sore arms, sweaty brow, and a screaming reel—so much fun! One for the books.Post by Paulimage1. read more...

Calash - Day 8 – Sunday 28 November 2021

Jamie took the next lone shift until 0400 hrs.  Wind continued to be strong and several squalls came through, with higher wind at the front followed by rain.  We had full mainsail, but reefed on the goosewing jib.  Jamie hit a new record of 12.3 knots just at handover time to Callum and me.  For us, the objective was to keep the yacht on optimal course without being in danger of hitting gybe point.  Wind was around 20-30 knots with the squall gusts up to 35 knots.  We hit 12.5 knots, but the ride was very rocky for those trying to get some sleep, and it required constant readjusting of the heading.  Alan and Colin emerged about 0630 hrs and directed proceedings to reef the mainsail, which helped the stability of the yacht.We continued on the same tack for a while, but decided to gybe as. read more...

Montana - Blog 1

On the road again bei der ARC 2021. Es fühlt sich gut an wieder mit der ARC auf den Wege zu sein in die Karibik. Als offizielles erstes Schiff über die Linie kann man sich über den Start nicht beschweren. Allerdings ging die Genua etwas zu spät raus, so wurden wir gleich danach von den ersten Überholt. Die ersten Meilen waren sehr ungewöhnlich. Eine Startkreuz hat man nicht immer bei der ARC und auch die Standard Düse am Flughafen fiel dieses mal aus. Die ersten Tage waren geprägt von „Suche nach dem Wind“. Immer wieder langsame Segelphasen wechselten sich ab mit Motor Phasen. Was nicht wirklich Freude aufkommen lies. Hier sind Schummeleien bei der Angabe der Motorstunden wieder Tür und Tor geöffnet. Wir versuchten möglichst viel zu segeln, so war es nicht verwunderlich dass wir bald im. read more...

Calash - Day 7 – Saturday 27 November 2021

Our watch was equally as uneventful.  One vessel at distance was the highlight.  Same for Colin & Callum, although their highlight was that the AIS appeared to start working.Unfortunately, Colin showed initial signs of joining the insanity brigade, by deciding to invent his own language, which such choice words as “zoomping” – not sure what it means, but as long as he’s happy!Today’s major task was a general clean up; of the boat, our apparel and ourselves.  It felt good to be clean again and I’m sure we all appreciated each other’s efforts.  Apart from that, with sails set a-la-goose, we made comfortable progress westwards towards St Lucia. 24 hour progress – 160 nm – cumulative 826 nm  Much chillaxing in the afternoon, with a slight diversion of dolphins playing in the. read more...

Calash - Day 5 – Thursday 25 November 2021

Jamie and I took over at 0000 hrs and initially had the same light winds and slapping of sails.  We had to modify the direction a little to minimise the rocking and rolling for those poor folk trying to sleep.  We certainly had poor dodo time prior to our shift. The wind gradually filled in and we managed to gain speed, direction and stability.  We must have been doing a great job as for the second night running our replacements failed to emerge at their allotted handover time.  A wee gentle reminder was elicited and we were duly relieved. Colin and Callum’s shift was equally uneventful, although they did claim to have seen more dolphins.  Thankfully this allowed phase 2 quality sleep and I didn’t emerge from my pit until 0825 hrs - luxury!!The morning was spent cruising downwind at a. read more...

Calash - Day 6 – Friday 26 November 2021

The night was clear, with the moon low in the sky.  Our watch was pretty uneventful for the first 3 hours until we spotted another yacht on a similar trajectory - challenge accepted.  Jamie went to work with a wee tweak here and a wee tweak there, here a tweak, there a tweak, everywhere a tweak tweak.  Mingha was in our grasp.  She was passed with ease; humiliated as she sulked across the horizon behind us.  Job done, off to bed, leaving Colin and Callum freedom to discuss variances in engineering education in Glasgow universities and Desert Island Disks highlights among other fascinating subjects.  Alan reappeared early like the prowling “school prefect” to ensure duties were being conducted as per job description.  Thankfully progress had been maintained as expected/demanded and the. read more...

Calash - Day 4 – Wednesday 24 November 2021

Colin and Callum took over at midnight to be greeted with equally light winds.  However, the wind increased enough to raise the sails and turn off the motor around 0230 hrs.  This confused my slumber somewhat as I was convinced there was another vessel alongside.  I got up to investigate only to alert my fellow crew that they had a rogue sleep walker onboard.  Day 4 and already losing it - this would need to be monitored.  At least we were back under sail.  After Alan took over and the sun rose, we were running downwind and set the sails like the wings of a goose.  Jamie provided a rigging solution to prevent any accidental jibe and we were set for a long stint with the wind sailing south-south-west. 24 hour progress – 140 nm – cumulative 347 nm  Shortly after we decided to. read more...

Calash - Day 3 – Tuesday 23 November 2021

 Drama hit almost immediately after Colin and Callum took over, as the wind dropped and shifted direction several times in short duration.  This resulted in multiple tacks and net loss over ground.  By the time Alan emerged the decision was made to switch to engine power.  We had resisted this up to now as purists and to avoid suffering time penalties in the overall rankings for the ARC voyage to Saint Lucia.  But needs must, especially due to lack of significant progress to date and a potential storm looming.  We were now making 7 knots in the right direction towards Cape Verde. Sea creatures for the day included more pilot whales and a few dolphins. 24 hour progress – 124 nm – cumulative 207 nm  After 8 hours motoring the wind picked up at last and we were able to sail. read more...

Calash - Day 1 – Sunday 21 November 2021

 Final preparations for the impending voyage from Las Palmas Gran Canaria to Rodney Bay Saint Lucia. A total of around 2900 NM, estimated to take around 18 days at an average of around 7 knots.  Our vessel is a Swedish Yacht 45 named Calash, owned and skippered by Alan Evett. The crew consists of me, Clive Smith, Alan’s son Callum, his nephew Jamie Jordon and good friend Colin Crosby. Both Colin and Jamie are experienced sailors having made ocean going voyages before.  Callum has sailed plenty but mainly in his younger days.  I am experienced enough to be dangerous!Some last minute faffing to complete what has been a slightly more intensive vessel readiness few days than was anticipated, with resetting of the mast, installation of a new autopilot and re-plumbing of the water maker. . read more...

Calash - Day 2 – Monday 22 November 2021

Colin and Callum took over at midnight for the graveyard shift until 0400 hrs.  I headed to my scratcher, along with Jamie, for a fairly decent nights kip.  Alan took over at 0400 hrs to get the sunrise shift.  By now the wind had almost disappeared and by the time we arose around 0730 hrs the wind had gone completely and the Atlantic Ocean was flat calm. Jamie, Callum and I had time for a swim in the sea.  It was rather invigorating, incredibly clear blue water.  By the time we got back in the boat, the wind picked up and we were on our way again.  It was interesting to note that we could not see any other yachts on the horizon!  Progress was slow and the route tortuous as the wind died and shifted.  No major sittings except a rubbish bag that floated by.  24 hour progress – 83 nm. read more...

Tilda - Waves, big waves, huge waves

Fortunately yesterday we enjoyed a “morning at the beauty farm” (that simply means we had been able to take a proper shower on the deck), thanks to the light wind and sunny weather. Just in time: there it came the Eastern wind with swells. We adjusted several times the sails and for the night shifts decided to keep a conservative set up with reefed yankee and mizzen and no main sail: easier to go downwind with big waves. Hey, why this face? We are on holiday, not racing! ;) Nevertheless it had been a challenging night and Captain Fab didn’t sleep a lot :(Today was pure rock ‘n roll: huuuuge waves and gusty wind, so the shifts at the helm were shorter and the dinner came from defreezing an arroz negro con chipirones bought at a restaurant in Las Palmas (de.li.ci.ous.)Regarding the ARC. read more...

Walkabout - Walkabout - Rain Stops Play - Day9 Mindelo to Grenada

There was a hastily convened meeting of the Meteorological Society yesterday afternoon at about 1600 (Walkabout time).Our ‘country members’ (Ade & Bev) sent a text to update the latest weather.There then followed a few texts, which confirmed that action was required.I had hoped that we were going to see a whole day through without the need to change sails - but no.The message and decision was clear.Stronger winds expected overnight, with potential squalls.I can tell you that the forecast was spot on! The decision was made and we jumped into action.Swapping from the poled out BWR, to main with 3 reefs and poled out Genoa.Set up for dead down wind, and able to control sail area of the Genoa easily from the cockpit.The job was done in about an hour.Foredeck cleared of the BWR and G1 which. read more...

Blake - water, water everywhere

...and we can make 30 liters an hour with our watermaker!I guess not as catchy but having installed a watermaker is a game changer for sure, we are probably running it for 2 hours every other day but we might ramp up production as we use more water (more showers and no need to do dishes in salt water) and as the solar panels are happy keeping up with the power usage.So today we’ll run it from 11am-1pm when we should be catching the most sun.The manual says that it uses around 110Wh and we have 510W of SunPower solar panels which yesterday had a daily yield of 970Wh.Feels a bit more sunny today.The watermaker is not just a benefit for the Atlantic crossing but will free us up from having to find water when in the Caribbean and Central America.Will give us the options to explore a bit. read more...

Misty Mhor - Misty’s Millennium Milestone Monday 29th

13.00 yesterday marked the end of our first week at sea and we have covered 1000 nautical miles. Where’s the champagne?The frustrations of light winds are well behind us as we get use to little Misty cavorting on a big lumpy sea. Easy jobs become that much more difficult when the ground underneath you is in constant 3D motion. I’m nursing a small cut finger, self inflicted (no need to call the safeguarding officer) while attempting to make lunch. Fiz the Wiz will be simplifying the food preparation as it can be quite dangerously down there, we can smell the curry as it’s been marinading for 2 days. We also changed our gas cylinder after only 1 week, this indicates higher consumption that planned so are checking the system for leaks. We also didn’t like the look of our single line No. 2. read more...

Tamanaco - Stongest conditions yesterday

Hello everyone!Sunday was windy, to say the least.We had our first squall in the morning, with 35+ knots wi d and rain showers.It lasted about 45 minutes.The remainder of the day was also windy, with 23-30 knots, and a big sea.Lots of white caps and big waves.In these other dit-il so e has to helm, as the auto pilot cannot cope.Fortunately, in Tony we have a seasoned helmsman who is also eager to share his knowledge.Thanks to his coaching we each became a lot more confident handling the big surfs.I one of them, Rodrigue hit 15.1 knots of boat speed, a new record for Tamanaco.Sleeping is difficult in these conditions, due to the constant rolling movement, and the noise.Our beds are equipped with Lee clothes which prevent us from falling.That said, the last 24hoirs were memorable, to see. read more...

Morgane of Sark - sunny sunday

It’s already Sunday night, we are loosing track of days and dates. Just tracking miles and follow the ritm of our watch schedule…We have had nice sailing conditions the last 24 hours. Although, we are in “squal” country now and we had a lot of water pouring out of the sky for a short period last night. No wind shift or sudden increase, fortunately. But, we had to close all the windows rapidly. It was warm inside with everything closed, as it is around 30 degrees in the cabin… That is, with all the windows open and with all of our fans running.. So, we don’t like the rain and closed windows. The boats we communicate with on the VHF or SSB have also encountered squals already. Again, we took our cutter jib down for the night, so we only have to role in the genua when needed.Other news of. read more...

Time Out - Day 8 - Jamais 3 sans 4 ?

Nous commençons la journée avec un bon vent établi à 25/30 noeuds, avec une mer toujours assez agitée, càd des creux de 3 à 4 mètres. C’est impressionnant par vent arrière, on a l’impression d’avoir un mur derrière le bateau, et après devant quand le bateau pique du nez. Comme à la fête foraine!Nous sortons le code 0 en papillon avec le génois. Bonne allure, 10/12 noeuds avec des pointes à 14 ! Et nous commençons à rattraper nos petits camarades. Nous déjeunons façon pique nique avec des bols, un peu à tous les étages, d’une délicieuse salade avocats/pamplemousse/haricots blancs/saumon fumé.Et l’après midi commence tranquillement : sieste, lecture, ordi… Jusqu’au moment où le skipper descend du cockpit, en nous disant que nous avons un “petit” problème : nous venons de perdre le foc! Il. read more...

Cajuna - J+9 : après le p’tit grain l’ivresse ?

Eh ben non, après le p’tit c’est le gros, bonne douche, rafales à 36 kts et thermomètre qui chute. En plus il ne voulait plus nous lâcher, il nous a accompagné une bonne heure. Ça nettoie bonhommes et bateau. Côté cuisine, notre boulanger de service, alias Patrick, nous a fait un bon pain, à la main, photo à suivre. A+. read more...

Addictive Sailing - addictive sailing

That’s not the fastest day at the office, but the most peaceful since we start a week ago. Not a lot of wind but we are finally heading south with the code O in a very light breeze.All our thoughts tonight are with the crew of agecanonix and their families in this terrible time. May Max rest in peace .. read more...

Khamsin - Khamsin Day 10

We learnt the lesson the hard way. I’d never seen a squall. Heard about them of course. Googled them. Watched YouTube clips. But that was not enough. We were just discussing a weird looking cloud (grey not dark as I would have imagined) when suddenly it struck. In less than 2 noisy minutes with the sea and wind roaring and the boat heeling madly our beloved beloved Parasailor was ripped in two. We recouped the two parts and hopefully it can be repaired but for now RIP we loved you. I know what you’re all thinking. Yes we are too inexperienced. Yes it’s an extremely steep learning curve. But at least we have got the guts to be here. At least we are persevering. Anyway mood was a bit low and after a couple of further squalls during the night we are now eyeing almost every cloud with. read more...

Maalu IV - Day 8 - Be careful what you wish for!

We have now entered the trade winds which are blowingmoderately strongly straight up our stern. Having suffered from too little windin the last week we have all been wishing for more wind and even offeredincantations to Neptune as none of us can remember who is the god of wind and wehope that Neptune and he are on good enough terms to pass on the message.If anything we now have a little too much wind but no one is complaining giventhat we are on a heading direct to St Lucia and making an average of at least 8knots with wave surfing to 11.4 knots. There is a big swell running behind us soall in all it has been a boisterous ride for the last 24 hours but the sun isshining and we are finally heading west at a good speed, hence nocomplaints.  Our foredeck looks like flying. read more...

Sunrise - ARC2021 - Week #1 at the SUNRISE

Hi all,after being on the Atlantic Ocean for already a week now,we'd like to give you some brief insights into what has happened so far.Our crew is led by our skipper Dirk plus his crew, consisting of Tina, Dietmar, Alain, Christoph, Markus, Henning and Stefan.In preparation of our adventure sailing the ARC2021,we held two video-conferences to get to know each otherand to already align on several details for our journey.After arriving on Gran Canaria on wednesday before the start,our common focus was 100% on proper and comprehensive preparations.The start on sunday was emotionally quite thrilling:All those beautiful boats, people with huge smiles on their faces everywhere, the omnipresent sound of ships' horns - yet we still lacked a bit of proper winds...However, this didn't reduce our. read more...

Emily Morgan - Day 8 - Clock change

Yesterday was a 25-hour day. Because of the earth's rotation (360 degrees in 24 hours) and because we are travelling west, our destination is 4 hours behind our departure port. Rather than have a 4-hour lag on arrival, Anna allocates an extra hour for every 16 degrees of longitude we sail and she and Bones do an hour each which means the rest of the crew get an extra hour's rest. This was particularly welcome as it was a helter skelter of a night's sail. Fortunately, we had snuffed the spinnaker and put a reef in before Brodie and Keith's Spaghetti Carbonara dinner as the wind gradually increased overnight and the sea gradually heightened. In the dark it was a (scary) wild whirling sail down the sides of steep waves pushing through piles of frothing, suds filled water. We tried to hold a. read more...

High Cotton - Sea BnB

Everyone meet Becky! Clearly exhausted, she landed on the stern of High Cotton the evening of the 25th and spent a full night plus another half a day aboard. Although she started off quite timid, she soon found our presence safe enough to wander the deck, traveling up port side to the bow, around the inner forestay and then coming aft down starboard. After careful inspection of our sail bags and sticking her head into open port hatches she retired to the aft deck for the night where she pecked away at a flying fish whom had the misfortune of both landing on a solid surface for the first time in its life and further landing next to Becks. On the morning of the 26th Becky grew so bold that she decided to join Josh and myself in the cockpit where she spent an hour sitting on the cushion. read more...