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Cherish - Day 3: out of sight of land




Most of the crew report vivid dreams, trying to make sense of our cacooned little world and the strange bangs and thumps. It takes time to know our way round the boat and where the nearest hand hold is to counter the pitches and rolls. We pick up bruises as we rock around and it is exhausting. We all sleep much of the time off watch as we come to terms with the constant deep muscle adjustment that our bodies make to keep upright. Making a cup of tea can take half an hour; one hand for the boat, one to steady self. Sven fitted a set of fiddles or fids on the oven  hob which hold the pans stable. The cooker itself swings on a hinge so that it stays upright with the swing of the boat. The strange thing is the ocean doesn’t seem that big. We can only ever see to the horizon where the sky curves down to meet the sea so we exist in a dome. One dome follows on from the last like moving across a giant sheet of  bubble wrap.
WJ


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