As we waved good-bye to friends anchored in the shadow of Diamond Head at the annual flotilla off Waikiki Beach, we began at 3:00 PM on July 4 our sail south to Fanning Island. Our average course was about 170 degrees and at noon on July 5th we have only traveled about 115 miles and our position is 19 degrees 22’N and 157 degrees 57’W
Unfortunately we have not caught any fish, which is because the seas are rough enough that we don’t want to deal with a fish if we did catch one. So you can guess that we must also report “no” to having gentle seas as well. Not that we expected smooth waters, but it is rougher than you would think for the 17 to 23 knots of wind we are getting. Was it Bella who wanted to know what we eat each day? Well more accurate might be what we kept down in the way of food, as one of us (to remain nameless so as to protect the innocent, and the guilty) has been giving food back to the sea, instead of us receiving it in the way of fish. Anyways, back to the weather, the last hour we have been running the engine because now we have too little wind and it is also now out of the south as well, probably all a factor of being within a 100 miles of the leeward side of the Big Island.
So can you see a common theme here? No, not that we are whining this whole report. Instead, it is that so far our cruising has not been extremely comfortable, haha.
The art of puking:
- Eat a mild meal, one lacking in grease. Mac N Cheese with Kielbasa mixed in is not on the mild list.
- Zofran is not always your friend and we do not recommend relying on something that can come back up.
- Sips of water and crackers help but don’t solve the problem.
- The Relief Band might have been invented by a dog seeking shock collar revenge because this band is like a human shock collar. A small shock to your wrist is administered to prevent sea sickness. However, as one is projecting food from their stomach into the sea, while getting hit with sea spray, and simultaneously receiving multiple shocks to the wrist by the Relief Band Sara cannot support the effectiveness of this product and really it only made the situation worse.
The sea sickness is improving, maybe due to the seas being less rough, or now being at sea an entire day and our bodies adjusting, or the yummy Anchor Bar Sara was able to keep down, or perhaps all of the above.
Wade and Sara
