Location: Underway to Nuka Hiva
Hello to those NOT in the middle of the ocean
Last night, my watch team had the 8 pm 12 am watch, coming onto deck to relieve the watch team before us in full foulies as the rain they had been in for the past hour continued. We spent the first part of our new game which consisted of A LOT of random short stories, and sound effects from those not narrating. About two hours into our watch on our 10 pm boat check, Maya discovered a little bird who had landed on our bow. Claire then grabbed a couple of towels to wrap the bird in, and one to cover him from the rain to keep him warm. The bird hung out for the remainder of our watch, and bird duty became an extra position assigned to the next watch team post handoff. We learned during our morning 8 am watch that the bird had, in fact, stayed all the way until right before we woke up, at which point he had flown off.
Our morning watch went by quickly as we ran through music and games, along with some oil inventorying towards the end of the watch, and then we woke the rest of the crew up for lunch. We all enjoyed the Mediterranean Bowls that Emma, Maya W, and Paloma had spent the morning making, and then headed to the salon for our marine biology and seamanship classes. For our seamanship class we were split into three groups, with one group completing our deck walk exam, during which we all took turns walking around and naming all the line on the boat, the second group doing the first part of our navmaster practice exam, and the third group studying for our oceanography quiz tomorrow.
After my group took the exam, Paloma, Caro, Maya, L, and I gathered in the hallway between our rooms to study for Oceanography. We finished our studying, but were very in the way as we did.
As we all started to gather for dinner, the sails were going up and the engine off (Finally!), so we all helped watch team 1 finish up the sail handling before eating the pesto pasta, chicken, and bread prepared by the chefs and Jake the beadmaker. My squeeze question for the day was a funny or super impractical skill you’re really good at, which ended up with some interesting answers such as pogo sticking, spotting drop bears, and so on.
Overall, it was a very eventful day considering we’re all on a 112-foot boat!