Hi everyone! We are currently on the way to Dominican Republic on the first out of the three days on the passage…all is well so far ☺️We had been in Rum Island prior to the passage we are on. There was lots of snorkeling and we found three conch and Dad caught a lobster. On the beach there it was beautiful and we spent part of the days collecting shells, sea beans, and running with Willie on it. We had lots of fun on that anchorage and we are all looking forward to the next anchorage.
Since we are on a passage right now I am going to explain what it is like.
So we each have a certain time we do watches at night so that we can all sleep.
Also someone cooks the food so we each are doing something.
My favorite part of passages are at night when it is calm and you can see the whole Milky Way.
The wind on the boat the moon on the sails,
your heart in the ocean,
your happiness all there.
The stars are shining,
the dark water has blue caps,
the moon is so bright,
and then you tack.
You breath in and out,
a cool breezy air,
you feel as if you’re the only ones there.
The waves are rocking,
so happy,
so free,
there is no feeling that is more happy.
Your eyes are wide,
there is so much to see,
and you think to yourselves,
wow, I am so lucky
We are trolling during the day but we still haven’t caught anything from that.☹️
During a passage when I am not on watch and not slepping I am probably
a) reading
b) sitting on the bow
c) writing a blog post, what I am doing now
d) cooking food
e) resting
f) any other thing that isn’t that hard to do and keeps you rested
Well, we are all good and happy and I will try and keep on posting and tell you what adventures this passage brings us☺
Guess what!! We just saw a whale jump out of the water in front of us and we hooked a blue marlin!! It was super cool.