In the Night Galley

We ate the last edible slices of Santa Cruz bread today, and threw the moldy slices to the fish. So entertainment for the night watch tonight includes bread baking! Not too much trouble to start the dough at the beginning of the watch, knead it once at 1045, into the pans at midnight, and into the oven at 0130, along with some cinnamon buns for breakfast, just as the waning crescent moon rises in our wake. Somehow baking on the night watch reminds me of a children's picture book we read to our kids when they were quite small - “In the Night Kitchen” - a hallucinatory story in which three bakers who look vaguely like the three stooges descend on child's kitchen to bake in the night while he sleeps. I forget the author. Not too much flour dust in the galley here though,

Nice sailing today! The seas calmed a little, though the swell is still over six feet, and the winds steadied somewhat, so most of the day was a pleasant reach with dry decks. Except for that one wave that a smacked us abeam. And the skies have cleared a bit, with puffy cumulus clouds instead of curtains of drizzle. Tonight I am sailing under a mostly starry sky, the Milky Way visible but dimmed a little by high clouds.