Day 6
There's nothing like tinned pineapple and peaches with yoghurt to start the day, and the on-watch took great delight in the refreshing treat as we watched the sun rise. The wind keeps teasing us with a direct course to Port Antonio before switching direction and forcing us to come higher. Nonetheless, we should be arriving early tomorrow, having made exceptional time along the way. Natalie has been educating us about the tragic situation in Haiti as we head north into the Jamaica Channel and pass between the two islands. It's hard to sit in the tranquility that we are so very privileged to be experiencing and picture the chaos, fear, and humanitarian crisis taking place just 45 nm away. – Emily
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Ladies who reef
The trade winds have been kind, rolling the boat toward Hawaii in a steady, hypnotic rhythm—until last night, when a squall hit without warning and the wind jumped to 28 knots, slamming everything sideways. With rain driving down and the boat lurching underfoot, the crew had minutes to wrestle two reefs into the mainsail and get things back under control. What followed was a masterclass in wet, unglamorous, deeply satisfying teamwork—with less than 250 miles left to go.
Yankee Doodle Died at Sea, Riding on a FALKEN
A thin, foot-long tear in the yankee sail—50,000 miles of ocean behind it—and suddenly the final stretch to Hawaii just got a lot more interesting. The crew of FALKEN had been running a tight ship through the trades, reefing in squalls like clockwork, when the last dance finally caught up with them. How a skipper handles the moment everything goes sideways says everything about the voyage itself.
A Gen Z Perspective
At 31, the crew thought they were reasonably fluent in the English language—then they met Kip. Today, the crew's self-appointed Gen Z correspondent takes over the log from somewhere in the middle of the Pacific, delivering dispatches on Milky Way night sails, focaccia-induced visions, and the singular mission of getting eleven people's "badonkadonks" to Hawaii. Consider this your glossary.