Fred's input

first time I've felt like contributing. Haven't read what Dave has written. Here goes! Winds are 25knots, seas 12', water over boat back to dodger with ever wave, everything soaking, and scared shitless. LOL Just kidding!! truth is 18 kt winds, boat speed 6 kts, seas 6-8ft, and only 1 of 20 waves over deck to dodger,
most stuff moist, and only a little scared some of the time. In the daytime, under the dodger,sharing things with David and Randy...fantastic. This is a great adventure, David is a sailing master, and Randy is a mechinical genus. Only way I'm pulling my weight now is doing a third of the watchs. I'm on 8-12, am and pm. No cooking, dihwashing, mechanicl, navigating. Soon it shouyld clm down and I'll feel better. We are making 150-160 mi/day, eatig into the 2450 mi to Papaete. Soon have less winds and then a few days of doldrums and motoring. I'm curious what Dave has in mind for us when we cross the equator. King Neptune gets to haze the pollywogs.
That's all for now. Need to get up to brezze in cockpit.
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