A Dip in the Atlantic

By Wednesday we were all starting to adjust to life at sea.  Still really tired but starting to feel a bit better.  As expected a high pressure system settled in and the wind died off to nothing.  At about 0330 Matt and Michael started the engine as our speed had really dropped off.  In the end we took down the genoa and staysail but left the mainsail up for some stability.  It is a beautiful sunny day.  Since the seas are so calm the guys decided to jump off for a little swim.  I stayed on board and kept an eye out for sharks.  Sharks can hear you in the water when they are over 2 football fields away.  Fortunately we saw no sharks. The guys did not tempt the sharks too much by swimming around the boat - just a quick dip- in and out.  

 What we are seeing is alot of Portuguese Man of War.  At first we thought they were plastic bottles but Matt finally had enough sense to look with the binoculars.  There is a fair amount of sargasso weed and the Portuguese Man of War seem to be floating on top of the grass. Ben also took advantage of the calm day and flew his drone for a bit.  He got some really good shots of the boat.  Even though everyone pretty much got caught up on sleep today we decided to change up the watch schedule to 6 hour/ 2 person staggered watches.  We will see how everyone likes the new schedule.  We have been doing 4 hour/2 person staggered watches which is okay but still not enough sleep.  Another perfect day!

Sargasso Grass