Bumfuzzle - Just Out Looking for Pirates by Patrick Schulte

Author:Patrick Schulte [Schulte, Patrick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Adventure
Amazon: B003DTMSMS
Goodreads: 8152846
Publisher: #PrB.rating#3.81
Published: 2008-06-25T00:00:00+00:00

going awfully slow

FEBRUARY 14, 2006: EN ROUTE TO MALDIVES

Yesterday morning the Navy arrived right on time. We already had our clearance papers but had to wait for them to board the boat and give us permission to leave. They came on and asked for a crew list. We handed one over and then they asked me to sign it. Everybody then smiled and shook hands, and we were off. I have no idea what receiving a signed crew list was going to do for them, but then again it never ceases to amaze us just how much officials love to accumulate paperwork.

As soon as we pulled out of the harbor, we noticed the big six-foot swell. It seemed to be coming from about three different directions at once and was making things really uncomfortable. We both started popping motion sickness pills, while expecting that once we got clear of land the swell would flatten out. There was no wind so we just motored along bouncing every which way until evening came and the wind filled in.

Throughout the night the wind gradually increased giving us some big seas. We double reefed the main and sailed through the night, with an occasional wave slapping the boat and washing over the top. Fortunately we also had a full moon which makes the rough nights much easier to handle.

At one point I was outside on watch when a particularly big wave slammed into us and woke Ali up. She came outside to make sure everything was okay and I told her that maybe we should put in a reef.

That made her mad since every night before going to bed she runs through a long list of things I have to do while on watch, and one of those things is to wake her up as soon as we need to reef. She says the only time we ever reef is when she comes outside to check on things. That’s actually true, but I think it is because we both have different tolerances for what we feel is safe. Though she says for her to feel safe enough to sleep she needs to trust that I will wake her up. So anyway, we put the reef in and before she went back to bed I once again, for the hundredth time, promised to wake her if we needed to reef. This time I really meant it.

Before leaving Sri Lanka Ali did some home cooking, whipping up a batch of potato salad to snack on during the passage. I proclaimed it to be the best in all of Sri Lanka, which she didn’t take as a compliment, even though I swear it was.

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