Ben is in Nantucket!

Ben and Kurt are good and they are tired!

Well I have to say it sounded a little bit rough for the boys. They took the direct route which was the offshore route that NOAA said was going to be 7-9 foot seas. The first leg was a straight headwind with 10 foot seas. (that was Ben's guess at height) the wind finally turned enough today to get them more on a beam yet the winds were still a strong 30.  They were reefed one down and used only the small staysail and they were fighting the weather helm most of the way.  He said it was too rough to reef one more.

Both of the guys had sea sickness.  I asked Ben if it was just a little. He replied by saying he just muscled through it.  He was on the edge most of the time and could not keep food down.  poor guy! He tried to eat oatmeal and toast for breakfast and could not even keep that down.  he is now in a mooring and I asked if he ate supper yet.  He is going to wait until morning.  He is super tired after 2 nights and 3 full days of sailing he would just rather sleep.

He loved how the boat did sail great through all the wind and weather.  His foul weather gear helped but yet there were times when he was cold but not super cold. His mittens he says were not water proof at all.  The temp at night was about 45... brrrr!

tomorrow they will get their stomach and hunger back.  they plan on resting and then deciding when the next weather window will be and decide if they want to stay closer to the coast or go further out to sea.

Thanks for all the prayers and love sent to the boys while they were out at sea.
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Pam