It
is amazing how quickly the body will adjust to the cruising
lifestyle. Our days our entirely dictated by our good friend, the
sun. Sunrise is stunning on the ocean, the wind has generally been
lightest this time of day and the ocean therefore more peaceful. A
few days ago I found myself torn between watching the sun rise above
the horizon or watching a pod of dolphins playing in the bow wake as
we pushed south at a steady 4 knots. As the giant flaming ball in the
sky traverses west, life on the boat is full of music (both stereo
and band practice), reading (I think Dana leads with most books read
but we are all near if not at double digits), and cooking (baking
bread and rolling sushi). As the sun reaches the western horizon we
gratefully give it a “Farewell good friend, see you on the
other-side” and retire into the cabin.
Night
watch has been 2 hours on, 4 hours off, an hour shorter than day
watch, however, tonight we will are trying 3 hour night watches. The
reasoning is that getting 4 hours of sleep during a 4 hour rest is
rather hard, with the warmer weather longer night watches will not be
as tough. Anyways, once a new day starts in Asia the theme tends to
be reading, eating, reading, and sleeping...in that order. Quality of
sleep is completely dependent on wind direction in relation with
swell direction and size. We have all seen a healthy boost in beauty
sleep once we crossed over the border to Mexico, the wind has been
consistently N-NW and swell direction has been a solid NW ranging
from 4 to 12 feet. I tend sleep best when wind speed is double wave
height and both are from the same direction.
We
are now hanging on the hook in Cabo San Lucas, with some cruise
ships.
Aloha
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