Location: Under a squall in the Atlantic
To whom it may concern, last night, the 12-4 watch concluded with the start of a sunrise. I guess its time to move the clocks forward as our eastward progress continues. It felt as if my head had just touched the pillow when I was tapped awake at 6 am because it was time to get the main sail up again. As usual, getting out of my cozy bunk was difficult, but coming up on deck to set the main during sunrise quickly wiped away any thoughts of sleep. Finally, back to my bunk for a nap before lunchuntil I was awoken again by the sound of Emma screaming her head off at the sight of a baby sei whale breaching about 50 yards away from Vela. I quickly hopped up on deck to see the baby cetaceans playing in the waves. Following this cool encounter, a mega squall forced us to talk to the 180-degree veered wind as we all experienced more water pressure than even the fanciest of shower heads coming from the sky. To stay dry, all the watch teams that were not on watch hurried down below for watch while watch team 1 weathered the squall on deck. My bowl of curry seemed endless as it kept being refilled by the pounding rain. After some time, the wind and rain came to a halt, leaving only swell behind. We started up the main engine, and everyone met down in the salon for class. After class, we had some delicious dinner and started clean up just in time for sunset. Thats all from Vela. Mac, To my family, I hope you all had an awesome 4th of July. I am really wishing I could be in two places at once. I love and miss you, Sam.