Well, this lying around on a dock in Cape Canaveral is just about
over. We have spent three weeks here in one spot, tied up, hardly
rocking a bit. We waddle up to the showers whenever we get the urge,
ride bikes to the store or the library, just take it easy all day.
I've even given up studying the weather six times a day.
But now we've blasted off the rocket, I've studied and resolved the
shaft problem in Maine, and we are ready to go back to sea. Here's a
picture of Angel Jen studying the charts for the next leg of the
journey.
The snow storm that is bringing you another half foot of snow and east
winds will bring us northwest winds. Our course is a nice south east
direction so we will be 'running before the wind'. That's what it's
called when the wind is directly behind the boat.
Why do you get wind different than ours? Because wind swirls in a
spiral around low or high pressure areas. I'll show you a picture of
it some day.
Sailors have to know all about the winds and weather because, little
buddies, 'the sea takes no prisoners'. That means if we mess up, we
sink and drown. So we better watch out. That's why Angel Jen watches
the charts and weather so closely. So I don't get her drowned.
Well, kids, be good. Have fun playing in the snow and pity us poor
sailors out on the ocean again!
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