Open Water
7/26/06
In the morning everyone did their own thing, had muffins and things for breakfast. I calculated the time we needed to leave to make our exit window with the plotter software. We moved the boat over to the main dock so we could go ashore did a few errands and then took off. I enjoyed working a line handler for a new boat. So much of the time all I get to do is teach it and keep my hands off. It is nice to get to run the boat. I had the helm shift for the first hour. After we made it out past Buoy #1 I went below and slept for a while. I got up and after being up for an hour or so I lost my lunch. Let me just say Goldfish crackers on the way back up are not yummy. I spent the rest of that day and most of the next sleeping. I get so darn sick its not funny. The rest of the crew later described my skin color as grey like a cloudy Oregon day. Only two or three of us didn’t get sick. It was quite the ride. The folks that didn’t get sick did a great job of covering for us and got us through the night and the next day.