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Then it was off to supper at 7:30, eating with Alan, MJ, and Jackie. It was a nice

dinner group and we ate salad and pasta with chocolate chip ice cream for dessert.

Now we are back in our room and we will be watching “Blast“ which we brought from

Kathy & John‘s. Now that we back in the cabin, it seems like the seas have gotten

rougher again! Oh joy, just in time to try to sleep.

Day 3 (W 24 28 & S 47 06) Beaufort 2-3, air temp 52F and sea 46F

The night turned out to be just fine - we slept so very well after having not slept at all

the night before. It stayed calm and peaceful until the early dawn at (4:43 AM) when

the seas were really flat. So we had a good day because the storm was now behind us

and that meant we had following seas and following winds. Much better sailing

conditions.

We had stretch class in the Leda Lounge and it worked out all right even though we

were not able to get down on the floor. Outside it was rainy and colder than we’ve

been used to so the Lounge was a good alternative.

We did some bird watching with Marco and Roger after stretching. Saw some

White-Chinned Petrels, some Light-Mantled Albatross, Sooty Albatross, and Prions of

various types. It was cold enough to wear jackets and headgear. Since the seas were

fairly flat at that time and the winds were down, there weren’t as many birds as we

had seen on the really rough day.

Finished “The Eyre Affair” between bird watching and lunch. Then we went to sketch

class to practice drawing penguin figures based on some examples that MJ provided.

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