Almost There

It’s slow going 511 nm in 4.5 days. 36 45 N, 74 57.7W. Yesterday morning we were thrown into the washing machine. The wind died and huge swells came from three directions off our starboard side. The bow would go over a wave and then a swell would pass under the starboard hull making this twisting motion. We did this for 12 hours on the way to Cape Hatteras and then for a few hours afterwards. Roy decided that throwing up works better than Dramamine, so they all gave it a shot. I was also asked the question about when exactly this would end. After my sensible answers like, “I have no idea”, didn’t satisfy them, I started telling them that once we reached the red X I plopped somewhere off shore from the Cape, everything would be great. Eric added that we would visit an island full of puppies, I added that they would serve us ice cream sundaes too. When it did subside and everyone woke up and came out of their cocoon, I was bummed that we didn’t get to go the island. Eric said that he stopped and played with the puppies and ate ice cream but the rest of us were asleep and missed it. In Chinese medicine this herb is used in viagra online store vajikarana preparations. 6. Kamagra jelly is http://martinblaser.com/viagra-6115 india online cialis helpful due to the active ingredient sildenafil citrate. Moreover, to assess the cardiovascular impacts of sexual deed, researchers found spending much time on study and during private sexual act at viagra canada deliver home. Administered as a cure for canadian cialis generic erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation, probably by increasing healthy blood flow. Ok, now we’re home free, 180 miles to the anchorage, the current is still pushing us along under sail, seeing the speed over the ground at a whopping 12 kts. The seas were flat but there was this looming purple blob on the radar coming up on us. Since arriving in Florida we’ve started having experience with this purple blob, it’s a huge cumulonimbus cloud, yes thunder storms again. The rest of the day was spent running from, dodging or getting soaked by storms. To add to this weather, the 81 degree water we had in the Caribbean and that temperature that indicated we were still in the Gulf Stream quickly dropped. Within a half hour we saw 81 turn into 77 and then 67. By morning the water temp was 52 degrees. Eric and I are sharing one set of foul weather gear, today my mom is due to get my gear shipped from Ginger who is storing our van, then she’s driving down to meet us and bring me my foul weather clothes, night watches should be warmer as we head north with the proper clothes. The sun came up this morning, the boat was clean from all of yesterday’s rain, the seas were calm and we were cruising along at 5 kts with the spinnaker up, perfect right? Then the US Navy comes on the radio, “catamaran with the blue sail, this is the US Navy patrol plane, you are in a live fire zone, please head east for 3 miles as fast as you can.” Oh, yea, this sounds like fun, sock the spinnaker crank up the engines and head east. It’s only 12:30 here now, what adventure will we have in the next 91 miles to our way point at Ocean City, MD, where we will rest up and meet my mom before heading to Long Island Sound. See our track at: https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=692e518ba8dcd68ba

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One Response to Almost There

  1. shawn wild says:

    Ugh!!! I don’t know how you guys do it! Seasickness is horrible! Y’all earn the Tremendous Troopers Award! Lol! I will never take for granted my Sam’s Club frozen Mahi Mahi fillets, AGAIN! I will think of poor Roy and the honorable fights he put up while on this adventure. We will be fishing for these guys on Maui in a few weeks. Wish us luck and we’ll keep you posted! It’ll be fun, fish on or not!

    On a side note, we read a passage from a book about those wild ponies on that island you’re visiting. It was in our Writing With Ease book and truly sounded fascinating. I think we’ll check this one out at the library and get a little history about this beautiful place you’ll be visiting. If I learn anything remarkable, I’ll share it with you although you probably will learn much more than we will! Enjoy your visit with Grandma!

    Shawn and Jaxon Wild