Blue Moon - day 9 blog blue moon

It‘s been 9 days since we set foot on the Blue Moon gliding through the deep blue Atlantic Ocean. It‘s been such an incredible experience so far, nothing like we could ever have imagined. So here are some impressions for the home front on how we‘ve been surviving this trip:

Sailing on Blue Moon with a 7 headed crew across the Atlantic is:
- waves waves waves, if we thought it‘ll be a flat boring sea, we were quite off ;)
- constant moving of the body, finding balance in the core.
- despite the wild ocean we manage to cook deliscious food and each single one of us chips in.
- flying fish! Loads of flying fish, such fairytale like creatures.
- believe it or not, but birds, in the middle of the ocean.
- Dolphins swimming and playing around the boat. Pure happiness when following their moves.
- taking salt baths almost every day. Such delight.
- no bikini sailing so far ;) this is NOT a cruise.
- Falling stars just keep coming during night watches. Loads of wishes to be fulfilled.
- No rest or hardly rest when you‘re off watch. There‘s always something that needs repairing, a crew mate that needs a hand while sailing, kites that have to be taken down, food that needs to be prepared, etc.
- Loads of snacks - although our skipper thinks we could even level up on that part.
- Always on the hunt for that perfect sleeping position where you‘re not flying on top of your cabin partner.
- Your body needs time to adjust to the watch system. Quickly falling asleep, even when the motor is running right next to your ears.
- Feeling warm breezes throughout day and night.
- Getting pro at finding your socks with red head lamps during the night shifts.
- Pots and pans with tomato sauces that fly over while cooking.
- Did I mention waves, waves, waves already? Huge swell, no moment of calm sea.
- Bruises all over the body!
- Surfing the kite is heaven.
- Catching Mahi Mahi and eating it for dinner.
- Salt skin, salt hair, salt butts.
- Drinking water with elektrolytes against dehydration.
- Taking care of each other, team spirit!
- the fluorescent algae creating magical sceneries around the boat at night and they seem to guide us the way in the dark.
- the moon smiling like the cat from Alice in wonderland
- the skipper plotting our winning course following the right winds
- different shades of blue above and below us
- no swimming. It‘s just too dangerous, the sea is too rough.
- not seeing another boat for days, not even a container ship or cruise liner.
- no whales, nor sharks so far.
.- no mermaids spotted yet
- our skipper not recognizing the sea because she just never sailed that far south!
- it‘s getting hotter by the day!
- we are not bored at all. Not a single second.
- we saw the edge of world from the top of the mast and we found a door .. to be continued..

And that‘s only 1/3 of the trip impressions so far! We hope to see you tomorrow for another blog piece. Jeeehaaa.