always a bit of laziness that comes back and bites me in the ass. It was a shitty night and we didn’t want to be on deck. So, the sail caught a bunch of sea water, then it bagged out and went into the ocean. Then it bagged again and put such a force on the lifelines that it broke them and tore off a stanchion. There we were in the middle of the night trying to bring the sail in. We had to heave to because we couldn’t pull this big bag of water. Kelly: That was the only time in
29 days that I thought a third crew member would have been handy. Brian: It was discouraging in the
morning because we hadn’t slept and the boat was a mess. I was going to need to make repairs and it was an ordeal. The lifelines on the low side of the boat were out. We had to go work up on the foredeck while the boat was sloping down and there were no lifelines there. Kelly: And we were going 7 knots. Brian: It was dangerous! Then the
winds improved and I got one of the lifelines jury rigged. We kept packing on more sail and soon we were back up to full sail and the boat was going really sweet and we were doing 6 or 7 knots. The windvane, Wendy, was steering great and it was the home stretch. We knew at that point that we were only a couple days out and so I felt, “Okay, that was awful but there is solace there,” so I guess that was a best moment. We knew we were going to get there. I guess my other worst moment was rebuilding the toilet pump. That sucked. That was horrible.
you?
What were best moments for Kelly: It’s cliché, but when the sun
was on our faces and the winds were at our backs and we were getting some miles under the hull, those were good times. The drinks and dance party was a great way to kick the trip off, three days in. Some of my other favorite moments aren’t specific but were times when we had really smooth operations and we flowed with maneuvering or specific jobs we had to do. Sometimes we would read each other’s minds, I would do one task and you would do another and the job would get done without even saying anything. Teamwork and working together was
really uplifting. We got into the groove of things and the habit of who does what and seeing what the other person doesn’t see. Constantly seeing over and over that you know sailing inside out, and that you had confidence in Kayak and seeing how the boat operated in the water were also good moments. Worst moments would be our communications breakdowns. In contrast to working well together without saying anything, sometimes we would speak to each other in short sentences or cryptically, or I’d ask an either / or question and you’d give me
a yes / no answer and we wouldn’t understand what the other person was saying. When we were in situations where we had to move quickly and get things done right away and we had a communication breakdown so didn’t react fast enough, we’d get frustrated with each other. We got over it and neither of us really holds a grudge. After a stressful moment we’d just get over it, continue on and get out of that foul grey cloud that we’d put ourselves in. That leads to more best moments, when we’d get over it, forgive each other and grow up with it all.
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