Race 11 - Day 4
Crew Diary - Race 11 Day 4
08 May

Many more eloquent than me have come before me. Many poets and writers and I could continue to wax on lyrically about the same things: how beautiful the multitude of stars are in a cloudless night sky, how magnificent the swell with white caps while we surf along the waves at up to 20 knots, how energizing the camaraderie within the team as we celebrate a smooth evolution, a birthday or a new report at happy hour.

But I thought I’d talk about a different topic: sea sickness. Yes, Bob, I know “it’s not real.” Unfortunately, it doesn’t make the physical symptoms any less horrible. Anyone who has ever been truly seasick can probably relate. It starts out with just being a bit queasy, needing some fresh air and deep gulping breaths to try to beat it down. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it just gets worse. Until you have reached a stage where everything around you appears muted, you feel like you can’t move, you’re trapped in misery, just wanting it to stop.

The sweeter the feeling is when you’ve finally fought through it. When everything becomes brighter again, you start feeling hungry, the sun comes out and you can laugh and celebrate with the rest of the crew.

I hope most of you never have to experience it, but for those who do, fight through it, endure, it’ll get better and the world will be so much more beautiful on the other side.