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We had dinner at separate tables tonight and seemed to get along just fine with the

folks we joined. The only problem was both groups sat around talking longer than we

would have preferred. Went to bed with gently rocking seas, sore legs, and warning

bells in our ears about how it would be calm in the morning but begin to be more

rocky and bouncy as the afternoon progressed.

DAY 2 (S 26 06 & W 08 47) sea slight, air temp 70, Beaufort 3

Legs still sore today, oh woe. However, we did not use that as an excuse to skip our

stretch class. Luckily, Gabor went through exercises, which helped to ease the aching

in the very muscles we were complaining about. So we left the aft deck feeling a little

looser and went off to breakfast.

We spent the morning getting cleaned up ourselves, putting together a laundry load,

and finishing up our upside-down pictures: Kay’s of a foo dog on the cover of her

book on Imperial China and Lois’ a copy of the sketch of Plantation House in the St.

Helena Quincentenary Booklet. Both were quite time-consuming and we really had

not finished them when it was time to go to Clyde’s lecture on Bioluminescence. He

presented some interesting slides of invertebrates that have this particular facility

and also discussed some of the findings he had made during his researches into this

subject.

After lunch, we went to sketch class and got a new assignment--studies in

perspective. Though it seemed simple as MJ presented it, I think that actually

carrying it out will be another story. MJ was also the presenter of the 4 PM lecture

program. She covered some science illustrations she had done for three different

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