First day at sea

We left the dock to get to the main marina's fuel dock to hear the weather briefing. The news were: "it will be rough but if we ait it will be at least the same or worse", and to add "take your seasickness pills right now". So it was a go. We left right away to get offshore. We passed the official start at 11 am, one hour before the race class boats departure.

Wind was from North, quite high... We stayed near the coast towards Cap Hatteras and then we crossed the Gulf Stream. What a nice feeling to get into warm air! But it was quite rough (and it is still rough this morning). My official watch was between midnight and 3am. Waves were about 10-12 feet and quite short with a wind from the back at about 25 knots. As a safety precaution, we wear our harnesses on the deck and at night I was also tied to the boat.

It is a little hard to sleep, our body moves from right to left over the width of the bed, we sleep from exhaustion at the start but for now I can't sleep my full 6h. I believe that once very tired and used to the movement of the boat, it will be better.

With that said, that's it for this morning.