Gaining Sea Legs

We've been at the boats for over 24 hrs at this point. Most of our time has been spent in the Silkie. It is surprisingly roomy, though of course being a boat everything is compact. I'll try and do a video some time soon, as it is hard to do it justice with pictures. It is about 91 during the day. Hot and humid, though if the wind is blowing and you find some shade it's really nice. They tell me when you are actually sailing, which we should do tomorrow or the next day, it's really nice. The eves are beautiful. 70's with a cool wind blowing off the sea. 

We're currently staying in the marina the boats are based out of, which dad describes as a "high class redneck trailer court". The boats are all yachts, ranging from $50k to millions of dollars in value. The people are an eclectic mix ranging from old money to new rich,  tech millionaires, well off retirees and apparently the occasional celeb. It is a winding maze of docks and the boats within are as eclectic as the owners. My step sister Tami and her daughter Rio are staying in the Lady Kathleen, which is parked right next to us. 

Crys felt a little woozy the first day on the boat but appears to have gained her sea legs pretty quickly. She laughed about glancing out the window this morning and seeing the dock drifting up and down and suddenly realizing "oh my god we're moving" and reaching to stabilize herself. She then realized as long as she paid no attention to the window she no longer noticed the movement and had no need to stabilize herself at all. Given that she tends to get a bit motion sick at times I was a little concerned for her, but I'm happy to see she's doing we'll with it. It's one of those things you really don't know until you just do it.

Note that I continue to write these not know how long it will be until I post them. Dad has a travel modem, but Barb took it on her trip to Thailand and has been unable to locate it since. It may be on the boat in a bag, or may be in Thailand still. This has lead to the unusual side effect of being completely cut off from the real world. It is an odd but not entirely unpleasant sensation. I'll no doubt have a lot to catch up on when I return to the interwebs!