We've Been at Sea for SIXTEEN DAYS NOW! (Jade is OK)
Update- Jade is ok, didn't have to call coast guard!
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Day 16 of our Atlantic crossing, and this passage is finally starting to take its toll.
We wake up surrounded by squalls, adjust the jib preventer to get back on a westward heading, and discover an issue with our headsail coming out of the lower track — a problem that would be difficult to fix at sea. Fatigue has been building for days, sleep has been rough, and the scopolamine patches we were using for seasickness left us feeling foggy, disoriented, and honestly not ourselves.
In this episode we walk through our full ditch kit and abandon-ship plan — from our six-person life raft (big enough for us and the dogs), to backup communications, power, water, and visibility strategies if the worst were to happen. We also talk about redundancy, emergency power, and why having electricity and communication matters more than ever offshore.
After more than two weeks of downwind, rolly conditions, we make the call to start motor-sailing to increase speed and comfort — hoping to arrive before Christmas so Ayanna can make it home to her family. With the engine running, conditions finally ease, spirits lift, laundry dries, fajitas get cooked, and for the first time in days, it feels like we can breathe again.
This wasn’t an unsafe crossing — but it was an uncomfortable one. And after 16 days, that wears you down.
Thanks for sticking with us through the hard days. The good ones are coming.
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