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November 14
Last night I rowed until about 9:30 PM. All told, I rowed about thirteen
hours. I seemed to lose more ground with each passing hour. A large squall
came through just as I finished rowing. It rained hard as I filled the
ballast tanks and lashed the oars. I deployed the largest sea anchor and
retired for the night. The wind was from the southwest at about 10 knots.
The wind shifted throughout the night ranging from out of the north at
midnight to out of the southwest at 3:00 AM. At dawn the wind was from the
west at 20 knots. Stubborn as I am, I cannot row against that! So, it is
a proper Sunday, a day of rest. I am riding a rough sea anchor. The seas
are not particularly heavy, but because the wind is from a contrary
direction the swells are disturbed.
I took advantage of the heavy rain to collect water for a bath and washed
my shirt and shorts. I had peanut butter and crackers for breakfast and
cheesecake for dinner. There were no graham cracker crumbs in my
cheesecake package. There were SUPPOSED to be graham cracker crumbs. It
did not spoil the taste. I have plenty of food and might have prepared a
proper breakfast and dinner, but who knows how long I might be out here. I
will save all breakfasts and dinners for "rowing days."
There will be no progress today.
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