Dark All Around

The cockpit needs to be kept dark in order to be able to see out and spot the ships that pass in the night. We even have to turn down the brightness on the chartplotter to accomplish this. As you can see anything outside of the cockpit is dark, therefore when a wave comes over the deck it is a surprise! The light you see here is from the flash of the camera.

Night Thoughts

April 14th 2011
Thoughts while on a night passage – April 2011 Lately we have been doing a number of overnight passages. Recently we were both up when Bob asked for a pad of paper and pen to write down some thoughts. Here is what he wrote: As a species we have always been afraid of the dark because it holds so many unknowns. We have worked tirelessly to eliminate it from our world and we have succeeded admir ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico

Populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following Columbus' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and... ... read more

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