Thank goodness Matt has been good about blogging as I have not been able to get near the computer.  I have been trying to write my point of view of the crossing in my journal but I find I need my journal for an emotional release more than a documentation of the trip.  I know Matt is blogging about the escapades of our trip, the food and the weather so I don’t need to capture that information – but I did want to write down a female’s perspective of the crossing.  We are using sail mail through the USB radio (someone on the boat has to have an FCC license in order to get a sail mail email address) which is great because you can receive and send email.  But it is slow and limited.  The biggest issue for us has been the size limitation (with 4 people on boat and daily grib file downloads we seem to exceed the size and time each day (limit is 90 minutes a week).  Keep in mind that the time it takes to get and keep a connection counts toward your limit.  Even with these drawbacks, this is better than nothing and it would be horribly lonely without that contact – highly recommend using it or something similar.

My dare devil husband had to go back up the mast to fix the lines again.  It’s a good thing that he is brave enough to do these tasks, strong enough to complete them and smart enough to figure out what needs to be done and dumb enough to ignore his previous bruises.  Everyone now defers to him for guidance, instructions, and sailing trim.  We thought we would be learning, but it appears that we or Matt is the expert and is leading more than following.  He certainly seems to have more knowledge about the sail trim, sail destination, and sail plan.  Thank goodness he is on team Christine J