Morning Everyone from the good ship EH01,
We are into our fourth day at sea. Our emotional and exciting departure on
Sunday feels like a distant memory by now. Crew started to settle into life at
sea, learning more and more about the boat, sailing and each other. Everyone is
well and enjoying the experience.
Our first night was quite uneventful (which is always a good thing). We got
stuck in a light patch for several hours while most of our fleet sailed away
from us but it looks like we are closing the gap day by day.
Now we are sailing in moderate trade winds, sun is out, the fishing line
too and enjoying nice sailing conditions. The weather ahead looks fairly
straight forward. Everyone is sailing on a south-westerly route to avoid the
light conditions west of us. Probably we’ll be sailing on this course until the
weekend and then we’ll see how the weather system is moving ahead of us.
Hopefully, we can soon turn due west and head for the bar in st lucia.
Here are a few words from one of our crew member, Carla:
Sitting out under the bright stars of the milky way we are into our fourth
day at sea. It has taken a few days to sort ourselves out as we adjust to our
new reality. We have settled into our four hour watches and figured out all the
tasks. Sail changes are smoothing out, we are holding our course better, and we
are learning so much about life at sea. We’ve moved from surviving to enjoying.
Hair has been washed, bikinis put on, fresh guacamole eaten, fishing line
strung, and gym music pumping during fitness time push ups and squats. We’ve
even had a craft session taping and sewing our spinnaker (just a tiny repair)
and now we are learning to sail gently but quickly to keep it intact as we push
onwards. We are grateful for being able to experience this adventure
together.
Andras, Alex, Marco, Stuart, Charles, Javier, Alan, Jake, Olivia, Carla,
and Emma