Why are you awake at night, some people ask, there are no
other boats anyway?
It is a legitimate question, why we keep watches at night. In the waters we
are sailing now, there is not much traffic to consider, I think we have
seen a light one night a week ago. But it is rather the
sailing itself keeping us awake. I can take as an example last night when after
a day with strong wind and close-reefed sails, we suddenly do not have any wind at all
and it also shifts direction. Then it's good that someone is there
trimming the sails, adjusting the autopilot. Now we are in a position where we do not
want to miss a single knot, we yearn for arrival. We
have about 500 NM to go.
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