Day 4
Another night in paradise aboard the good ship FALKEN, and I awoke to the dulcet tones of Chris shaking out reefs. Our downwind sleigh ride continued through last night after a dinner of traditional Jamaican 'rundown' courtesy of Natalie, and both watches delivered a formidable performance in sometimes tricky seas. The conversations on night watch have taken a familiar downward turn into the peculiar and sometimes downright obscure, in a way that will be familiar to any offshore sailor. As for our destination, it grows ever closer as Chris revels in maximizing sail area. Another hot one ahead for the team.
- Emily
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Hat overboard!
On June 4, we reviewed our passage plan before our departure from the marina in Hjellested.
Departure from Bergen!
The crew on the women’s sail training on Isbjorn is settling into a great routine for managing the boat and life onboard.
The sun sets on another journey
The hardest part of sailing across French Polynesia wasn't the night watches, the heat, or the open ocean — it was the prospect of being trapped on a small boat with a group of strangers. First-timer Natalie boards as a self-described land crab and discovers that the sea has a way of reshaping both your sea legs and your assumptions. What follows is dolphins, sharks, the Milky Way in full technicolour, and a crew that somehow made the whole thing better than she ever imagined.