Birdie Num Num

At Sea, N38 01 w 75 03
October 28 Apparently we decided to continue. It hasn’t been easy though. The wind veered around to come from directly astern. The hardest course to steer a sailboat is directly away from the wind. We have to tack downwind, inadvertent gybes are a constant danger, and we really get rocked and rolled by the waves. Today, Libby had to get her seasickness wrist device out, for the first time in months.

Still, when the sun came out it was spectacular. We’re almost alone out here, very few other vessels. The sky is blue and the sea is green (when the sun shines). We had a great view of Ocean City Maryland on the horizon. We should arrive at the Chesapeake Bay entrance around dawn tomorrow. Tonight it will be clear and cold. Tomorrow morning we’ll be cold and tired. Fortunately I feel familiar with the locale there. This will be our third entrance to the Chesapeake this year.

We have an unofficial mascot, a hitchhiker actually. There is a cute brown and white bird that we think is a sparrow on board. We named him Birdie Num Num. He hops around the boat both above and below decks. Sometimes he flys away but quickly returns to the boat. So far he hasn’t been stepped on or crushed. Libby thinks that he may have been with us since the Hudson river.