Location: UW To Mauritius
If you ever find yourself taking a keelboat sailing class, you will be taught to use an engine. You will use an engine to motor into the wind to put up the mainsail, you will use an engine while you put in a reef, and you will use an engine while dropping an anchor. Engines and propellors have become a required part of sailing in the 21st century. Sailors of yore would think us weak. You dont need an engine to put up the main, to reef a sail, or to drop an anchor. People had been doing those things just fine for thousands of years before anyone had ever heard of a Caterpillar C7. On the night after Halloween, following a ceremony to appease the wizards of the Lemurian Diamond, our propellor shaft angrily severed itself from the rest of the boat. It sank down into the depths where only the Kraken and ghost of Clayson may be found. Now, we cant use an engine, and its fine. We now raise, lower, and reef our sails in the same way that they would have done in the 18th century when schooners first became fashionable, and in many ways, it works better. We have been lying to ourselves this whole time: engines are not essential. An update on helmsonas: Kackie: Helms Angels Ainsley: Chris Helmsworth Gabe: Helm or High Water Will: A Little Helm From My Friends Juliette: Helman of Troy Philip: Helmlich Manuever Amanda M: Helmnable Lector Charlie: Duke Helmington We are currently doing our best to slow down, so that we arrive to the anchorage in the morning. As such, we have dropped all sails apart from the jib and the triple-reefed main. We look absurd. Tonight, for the Squeeze, I asked everyone to pick an item owned by another person that they would like to trade for. Everyone had fun haggling for each others stickers, t-shirts, and water bottles. Travis and Will traded headphones for a hard drive. Allie and Kackie failed to reach a deal to trade pajamas. Tomer said he had no worldly desires for material possessions and abstained from the question. At long last, Mauritius came into sight this morning. Alas, no cell service yet. I guess the 18th century is going to last a little bit longer.