Continuing offshore
16 March 2012 | NE of Savannah, GA
Randy - low 70's, clear, winds L&V to calm
Today's picture: this morning's sunrise
Good progress so far, having sailed 145 nm averaging 5.1 kts, we have 68 nm more to go and we will be in Charleston, SC tomorrow moring. We had about 4-5 hours of nice comfortable sailing yesterday and then the wind completely went calm thoughout the night and most of today until picking back up to about 10 kt around 1600 this afternoon. So the engine has been running a lot but it is shut back down again. We're hoping the winds hold for the duration, but we'll see.
Both David and I got a bit sea sick yesterday. No chumming over the rail, but enough to basically derail a good dinner until late. We're both OK today and looking forward to steaks on the grill tonight!
David spotted a huge sea turtle yesterday. I have seen a few, but none as big as this guy - in the 3'-4' range. Also in the wildlife category, we sailed through an area where a couple dozen dolphins were feeding and the sea birds were thick, picking up the scraps. Love that stuff ...
David had some minor surgery done on his arm before coming to the boat, so we worked together at taking the stitches out. Happy to report the patient is doing well. I gave him a lollipop for not crying.
Message from David: "He and I are patrolling the east coast diligently, keeping a sharp eye out, watching and protecting the country so you can all sleep comfortably tonight." My post scipt: David said he is protecting us all from Obama, but I exercised editorial control and left that part out ... ;-)