Location: Komodo
First light hit Vela around 5:45 this morning, making for an incredible sunrise at our last stop in Komodo. As is customary, a delectable gourmet breakfast of Granogurt was served this morning, courtesy of Marijke. Ben and Mac made a few announcements about our day’s plans before clean up, highlighting a quick move over to a mooring ball (or morning ball, if you’re Josh) for an early hike before preparing for our passage to Mojo around 10 am.
After breakfast clean up, the majority of the crew left for land to go on the last hike of our time in Komodo. The hike was a relatively short one, but well worth it for those who partook. The views from the top were stunning, but we unfortunately couldn’t stay for long. After everyone returned from shore, passage prep began. Kat and Garrett took the lead on deck, delegating tasks to everyone while Tougy worked on charting our course for the following 24 hours. Will, Imogen, Noa, and Zoe worked on packing away all the dive tanks into the Laz while Jackson A., Seb, Luna, and Ty tidied up midships and packed the dinghy full of our emergency water and fuel. Arden and Jack also worked on taking down the sail covers in case we had the chance to sail later in the passage. Passage prep took the better part of two hours and ran up fairly close to lunch time.
Lunch was served around 12:15 pm, consisting of chicken, quinoa, stir-fried veggies, and a chickpea salad for the vegetarians. After everyone had eaten, Garrett informed us that we were holding watch team leader elections for our new watch teams. Each watch team broke off to hold its individual elections. From watch team one, Jack F. was elected. From watch team two, Ty, and from watch team three, Arden. After elections and clean up, each watch team leader was tasked to teach their watch team about their station on the station bill.
The rest of the day was free for watch teams not on duty that is, until we had a fire drill. All watch teams mustered in the cockpit fairly quickly. The drill went relatively smoothly, according to Garrett, with some work needed on signaling and communicating with other watch teams. After the drill, people went back to doing whatever else they were up to. Seb helped Dan out with a mechanical project while many others opted to nap.
Dinner rolled around too soon, but it was a tasty green curry with seasoned rice! For the squeeze, everyone had to tell us their dream car, and we ended it off with an attempted whole group Doo-Wap. Clean up immediately followed, and people were eager to shower and get to bed. In about 12 hours, we will be arriving in Mojo!