Loco

In a nutshell, sailing across the Pacific Ocean is not nearly as exciting as it sounds.

It is day 6 of the Pacific leg of our voyage and I am bored. Apart from the constant weeble wobble effort to remain upright there isn’t much to do so I have been committing my time to mastering the art of living at a 45 degree angle. My attempt to shower was rewarded with a bump on the head, my sleep is frequently disrupted by rolling half way across the boat, and cooking dinner (on a cooker that is mounted on hinges – video to follow at a later date) is reminiscent of that beer advert where everyone is leaning backwards, funny to watch I’m sure but bloody hard work. Walking is the equivalent of a running uphill (or downhill depending on the swell), sitting down is like doing sit ups, and as I write this email I have my left leg braced against the fridge to hold myself in my seat. In short, my concerns about not getting any exercise were unnecessary, I am going to leave this yacht with abs of steel. Oh yeah!!!

I’m getting to grips with the sailing, climbing the riggings, scrubbing the deck and all that jazz. The wind is erratic at the moment to say the least, hence all the rocking back and forth shenanigans, but we’re making good time so no complaints. My watch was from 6am to 10 this morning so got to see the sunrise but alas no whales yet. And we haven’t seen any dolphins since day 3, boooo.

And in other news, did you know that the best way to avoid seasickness is to eat all the time so your stomach is too busy to notice it feels weird. And another little factoid: the Pacific Ocean is bigger than all the land masses on earth put together, how interesting. So I realised that in order to receive emails I would have to write some so hello, what are you doing? I wonder if it is more interesting than sitting in the middle of a massive ocean with nothing to look at but sea and sky…

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