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Selkie - Night 1: Leg 2 Bermuda to Azores



The Milky Way. Stars beyond stars beyond stars. Meteors grant me wishes of a safe passage. It’s so quiet. Ngahue seems to be our partner in crime: same heading, same speed, both of us lagging behind with no spinnakers. There is so much space in this darkness, yet I feel like I could reach out and hold their hand, a fellow astronaut in space. Sagittarius to my right makes me laugh with its big teapot shape. Would you like a cup a tea Ngahue? The Big Dipper is prominent to my left taking up the sky replacing the moon, and it is so dark that I can see every star in the Little Dipper and Draco. It is refreshing, soul replenishing, comforting. If I wasn’t strapped in, I think I’d float away like a parasail. I can see four boat lights. I’m curious about the distant two. Funny to have so much company 70 miles from Bermuda. The ocean lights up with little phosphorus jellies, which makes the gentle 4 knot sail even more magical. I wish our ARC friends we left behind, the kind yellow shirt team, could be here to see and feel this. They would love it with big friendly smiles. We have decided to stay below 40* lat till we pass 50* long. Looking at the storm/gale moving in the north makes us a bit wary. We would prefer to sit with no wind rather than be blown to bits. We’ve got our kids to worry about and so far they like the speed and calm seas. So it goes. Sail on. Azores, here we come, slow and steady like the mighty and smart tortoise. 

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Maggie
Magdalena Hirt
 
"Writing is a process, a journey
into memory and the soul."
                          -Isabel Allende


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