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Author: Brooke Levan (A Watch), Oberlin College, and Chelsea Moody (B Watch), Bowdoin College

Ship’s Log

February 28, 2024

Position: 41°53.401 ‘S x 175°33.126 ‘E

Heading: 085°C

Speed: 2.3 knots (back on the sails!!)

Weather: Today we had some of our wildest and whackiest weather yet! We
started off the day with southerly gusts hitting force 7 and 8. This made
for sea swells of up to 8ft—some of which splashed up the sides of the boat
and gave us a nice shower for the day. This evening the winds and seas have
eased to force 6 and we have begun our sailing journey once again around
Cape Palliser, making way towards our anchorage in Wellington!

Log: 1192 NM

Welcome to special edition joint blog with your favorite ex-roommate duo!
Today was a bit sporty with some crazy waves rockin’ us about for the
majority of the day. Chelsea saw a 16 ft wave :0 Our gimbaled (spelling via
Marshall via page 600 of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary) tables were
put to the test as we rolled about while we were hove to. Luckily, no corn
chowder was spilled on the floor – this would have been a tragedy as the
corn chowder/homemade bread was delectable. Watchstanders donned full foul
weather gear today (one of us dropped one of their suspender pant straps in
the toilet. We will let you guess who. We have low lows and high highs out
here). You could say we made a ~splash~ today – or rather, a splash was made
on us. Brooke was blindsided by a 10-foot wave while on lookout (but hey, it
only got half her body!). Chelsea nearly lost a contact to the gale force
wind while on lookout. Our shipmates Bethany and Katie also got a free
shower from a wave whilst on an onion retrieval/pushup mission from the
galley. However, spirits remain high! Today for dinner we had Taco Tuesday!
Don’t worry about the fact that it’s Wednesday and we ate out of bowls!
Brooke saw a seal! Chelsea gave her creature feature on flying fish during
ship’s meeting (they can fly with their honkin’ pectoral fins for 300 m in
the air)! We’re eating muffins! Tomorrow is Leap Day (also a fantastic film
featuring Amy Adams, please watch for Brooke)!

Our quote of the day is from our dear Neel regarding the midnight snack,
orange earl gray muffins (courtesy of Cam): “This muffin is making me
spiritual”.

Lastly, happy birthday to Raechel’s brother! Rachael’s brother, your sister
makes excellent food. Have a happy day!

Soon we’ll be in Wellington.

That’s all folks!

Brooke Levan (A Watch) and Chelsea Moody (B Watch)

Boberlin (Bowdoin + Oberlin)(liberal arts crossover <3)

Brooke would like to say hello to mom, dad, Megan, grandma, family, Lucy,
Bella, Neva, friends, and Caterina <3

Chelsea would like to say hello to KM, BM, LM, AR, CB, MS, VA, SH, and LB

Julia, who was in the library as we wrote this, would like to say hello to
mama, tata, talciu, jenjen, eri, togli, zos,i babcia!

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