20 33UT| 09 53.12’N 150 46.13’W
Sailing
I am only 31, but have been thoroughly bemused by the vocabulary used on board this trip. Kip, our Gen Z representative on board, has said he’ll write the blog today- so you too can see what we’ve been dealing with…
Ayo waddup playahs, its ya boi kip coming at ya live from the Pacific Ocean on Nordic Falken ya heard. We are straight up having a grand ole time sailing away toward our final destination of Hawaii. We are in very high and good spirits, but if it tells you anything, we had a 30 minute conversation last night about all the things we are going to eat when we get to land.
Right now, I’m writing this eating the focaccia bread that Skipper Mary made and it’s lowkey so good I’m starting to have visions. Well ok where to begin, last night was really nice, we were sailing with the Milky Way above us, straight up having a good time, and I have found that the good nights are when you get off watch and you do not want to immediately go to bed because, as Mahatma Gandhi said: “the vibes are like the water around us, they be flowing.’ We were discussing all the tings we wanna eat and, straight up, someone get my boi Steeze and ice cold coke, cause this man is in dire need.
Anyway, the sailing has been chill, we have been going at a steady pace and pretty much been vibing out the whole time. Easy helming, not many adjustments to make, just 11 friends, 11 new friendships, but one common goal: get our badonkadonks to Hawaii. I am actually surprised no one has gone mad yet but there is still time. We have all been good spirits despite being on a boat, not being able to get away from each other for 10 days now, and i think this is a crew that is straight up bonded for life.
The heat has also died down, we were lowkey getting cooked up there during the doldrums but we survived. The winds have picked up and as we inch closer to the poke, i can feel myself getting more and more excited.
Wow, this log entry really shows how bad my ADHD is but, as the late, great Bob Saget once said: ” Screw it, we ball.”
Anyways Kip out, gonna go scour the boat to find Steeze a coke real quick.
Kip ”alpha wolf” Touseull
Kip Kippington Tousuell, First of his name, Gen Z representative on board
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Final Blog
Falken and her crew arrived safely into port last night around 8pm boat time, 10pm Prince Rupert time. Some spicy weather was anticipated, but luckily the 35kt gusts and 2.5 meter waves were no match for this expert crew. We had an exceptionally smooth docking, despite it being Alex's first time parking this year (!). We all agreed that this was a very special group of people—I for one am so impressed with how everyone stayed so positive, helpful, and appreciative of humor despite an arguably challenging passage. We'll all return home significantly saltier than we were when we left, a mark of a passage properly sailed.
Lessons and a Gift
The biggest lesson is the helm. The lesson here is that even if you don't think you can do it over and over again with no sleep, cold and damp, it has to be done and so it can be done. Flying fish are cool, dolphins are really really cool, but the coolest of them all are the whales. And most of all Alex: "Find your center Carla. Always know where your center is so you can come back to it". He means the helm but it applies to life as well.
Making the most of it
This passage has thrown pretty much every atmospheric condition imaginable at us. It reminds us not only of how much we’ve learned, but of how far we’ve literally come since that acceleration zone off the northwest corner of Oahu. The resilience this group has shown has been nothing short of incredible, and I couldn’t be prouder to be part of it. Maybe that’s why it’s the hardest passages we remember the most. Not because they were easy, but because they reminded us what we’re capable of.
