[password] ninkea14
[position] 02 08.46N 086 44.23W
[weather] Grey skies, some on and off drizzle. SSW 15-20; Sailing with a reef in main and h'sail to windward
[status] Day 7...Last night, on my first watch, the sky and sea blended so well into each other that they erased the horizon. It was pitch black till the moon decided it was time to get up! That's the romantic aspect of sailing. Then you got the more technical/mechanical side, where the hydraulic ram shaft on the autopilot, unscrewed itself for the 3rd time on this passage. And for the 3rd and hopefully last, the skipper fixed it, McGyver style; with tape and all!! pheww! And then we have the nature aspect of sailing. The boobies that hitched a ride the previous night must have spread the word that Tehani-Li offered free rides. We never said such a thing; it must have been lost in translation. Anyway, by the end of the afternoon, I counted 10 of them huddling at the front on the railing holding on for dear life and over 20 flying above us. Looking up, you'd think we were in the famous Hitchcock movie! And that's only 3 aspects of sailing!!!
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