On Mon, 23 May 2016 22:49:30 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 23 May 2016 21:46:08 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 23 May 2016 21:08:34 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:


No, not tonight. We eat well on the boat however.

You have been in the Gulf Stream for a few days now, I expect you
should have some nice fish. Nothing like one that was swimming a few
minutes before it hits the pan. That's fresh fish.
Mars is looking good this month. I think this is it's closest approach
for a while. It is about the brightest thing in the southern sky but
the color makes it unmistakable.

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We have sometimes run the Gulf Stream all the way from Ft Pierce to
Charleston. You get a nice boost in speed, save quite a few miles,
all of which saves a bunch of fuel. You're underway for two straight
nights however and that gets tiring with just the two of us standing
watches. As it turned out with our stabilizer issue, it's fortunate
that we didn't do that anyway. Running the stream exposes you to some
fairly gnarly sea conditions even in relatively calm weather.

Port and starboard watches are always tough. We only had 2 duty
sections on the smaller CG cutters but I was not standing deck
watches. They pretty much left us cannon cockers alone. Later on the
reserve cruises, everyone stood deck watches if they were not snipes
so I got some of that 0000-0600 helm time.
Three section is easier, you need another mate.