As we decided to leave Miami at around 1 AM, we still had to get into deep water, which is a little nerve racking at night. So by the time we hit deep water it was 2 AM. Since there were some newer sailors on the boat, and some big thunderstorms and some big, short chop, we decided to take the night watch in pairs, and do two, 3 hour watches. I took first "sleep." Which never works well as captain. I really did not sleep at all; waiting for the inevitable call for help, which never came.

So as my watch started, I had been up for over 24 hours, with only 4 hours sleep the night before. So it goes when you have to fly east across 3 time zones.