Location: Underway to St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean
“Get up! Time to watch; get up there. You need to get briefed.” These are words that have become more and more familiar to me since I’ve been aboard Argo. They are definitely a lot different from what I heard when I was in college in the States. I started the day with a 00:00-3:00 watch, and I watched the moon set on the horizon of the open Atlantic Ocean. I sat on bow watch and watched the bow wake glow from the bioluminescence, one of the coolest sights that I’ve ever seen. I traded off from that to checking the boat inside and out to take the helm. After our 3-hour watch was over, it was time to pass out! The day number seems to become less and less important, and I don’t really care what day it is because it’s too beautiful out here in the middle of the ocean; I’ve only dreamed of being out here and the day continued with watches every 6 hours and lunch at 12. Then Dan announced that we were going to get briefed about swimming. Swimming? We’re in the middle of the ocean, dude; what are you talking about? Argo’s propeller came to a slow halt, and we got to take saltwater showers in the middle of the ocean. It was one of the coolest experiences I’ve had in my whole life. So we reminded everyone to please refrain from using the head as we did not want to find any new marine life during our showers, and then we jumped right in. Epic. We even caught a female Mahimahi, too small for eating, though; Joe wasn’t too pleased. As for now, all we have is calm seas, sunshine, and blue waters. Hopefully, we’ll get some more wind in the sails tomorrow, but I’m not complaining about the weather! P.S. Mom, when you read this, that’s my bad for not calling! Oops!