We can always count on the ocean for a good challenge. Crossing the Caribbean when and how we did assured us we’d be battered by rain, knocked around by wave...

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in the sailing world there's an old

saying gentlemen never sail the weather

in other words don't fight the wind and

current especially when the sea is about

to stir up storms our plan is to cross

the fourteen hundred nautical miles of

open ocean from Utila Honduras to the

island of Dominica doing this at the

cusp of hurricane season is by

definition not a gentlemanly task the

wind won't be in our favor and it only

promises inhospitable weather but we're

not gentlemen we don't worry polos or

Sperrys or typically even shoes for that

matter we like to think of ourselves as

adventures planning out an experience as

much as a route and if we're going to

edge along the eastern shores of South

America until we break out into the

Pacific then we need to sell the weather

first

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Oh

well one of these days she's gonna pay

the

yeah one of these states gone

for fun

for the bestest rules

oh yeah wanted each stage gonna

down there look pops a

Forte's bill

yeah but knee area shame

keep springing no

No

not work saying no

and uh

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1,200 nautical miles to Dominica wins in

our favor north by northeast swells

three to five feet out of the East good

conditions have the crew in high spirits

planning follow the day with a hearty

dinner and then attempt to sleep to my

next shift is a concept it doesn't exist

as the proverb says tomorrow ever comes

there is no such thing as tomorrow there

never will be because time is always now

and that's one of the things we discover

when we stop talking to ourselves and

stop thinking we find there is only a

prescient don't listen eternal now

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the last few days have been beautiful

northern winds have pointed us right to

Dominica I was able to rest my hands

from the helm for two hours today while

the wind Bane took over Brandon calls it

riding the ship something his mentor

used to say to him I still don't fully

understand how Fleming keeps us on

course but for a thirty-year-old

contraption it does the job it can still

compensate for swell and wind changes

well enough to hold our heading it

pushes us to become better sailors

because the better we have the sails

trim the longer flem will hold a course

sometimes I find myself wishing the

electric autopilot worked but I'm

thankful to get more experience at the

helm CC is moving strong and fast today

250 miles south of Jamaica wind shifted

out of the east

attacking begins caught the forecast on

the single-sideband radio today as the

heavy weather approaches we can feel the

tension in the air the whole crew is in

a heightened state of awareness we're

doing what we can to keep our mind off

the approaching storm all our focus on

the task and moment at hand

Oh

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my tech

yes sir

what

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that'll be the last time we think of

reefing earlier without actually doing

it that wasn't the biggest storm ever

but it felt like it in the moment it was

slow to hit but when it did it hit hard

rain and hail blowing horizontally as we

doused the sails and motor the bow to

weather the swells were large enough to

take air into the impeller and stop the

motor dead

we'll wait till landfall and Dominica to

fix it now we know to turn and run with

gale force winds even if it takes us

miles in the opposite direction mother

ocean was just teaching us another

lesson prepping us for the high

latitudes in the intense weather that

dwells there overall the crew is

exhausted serious but chafing is a

definite issue for all of us

even captain Pina constantly rocking

back and forth and salty clothing and

bedsheets has to be the culprit for now

there's no escape our asses belong to

the sea 748 nautical miles to go

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what you saw

- castor

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steps

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enjoy

ha

enjoy

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and so on

don't taking your time

shucks

my turn

ha

stand up

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shut up

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triumphantly cool change comes bobbing

into the clear waters along the shores

of Dominica the nature island we look

the same as we smell which is equal

parts adventure and be out for three

weeks we've been living one continuous

day and despite the saltiness of our

butt cheeks the brevity makes it all

seem sweeter no matter how uncomfortable

this endeavor was spectacular and doing

no small part to the finality of each

moment like a gust of wind that's

followed by a complete calm guaranteed

to be equally brief

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