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April 24, 2013 • Norm

Watching a Big Storm

Last night we all decided to take a bit of an early break to watch a movie together. Our boat was not moving anywhere so we felt safe taking a break together. We pulled the pins out of the dining room table legs so that we could move it down. We then grabbed the custom cut oval foamy that is stored at the foot of Orin and Eli’s bed and converted the table. It is much more of a comfortable lounge area rather than sitting upright around a table. We then started up the movie, can you guess which one we selected?

day8-DSC00327A few months ago our friends the Perry’s had suggested we watch the movie “Life of Pi” while we sailed so we mustered up our courage knowing there were no storms on the horizon. Yes the storm scenes were a bit too realistic for sailors on the ocean but I figured perhaps it would keep the kids from sleeping too soundly which would leave them more alert when they have to get up in the middle of the night for their turn on watch. Besides, we don’t have a Bengal tiger on our boat so we should be OK. Thanks Jason for the suggestion, if we have nightmares we’ll blame them on you.

8:20 pm PDT, Lat: 19° 01.517′ N, Long: 121° 00.396′ W, Course 199° T, Speed: 2.3 K, Wind: NE 4.5 k, Swell: N 0.5′, Cloud Cover: 10%, Barometer: 1011 hPa, Temp: 21°C