Fishtales Magazine: A Sailfish Point Publication - Magazine - Page 10
“The geography of
Sailfish Point is special
but the residents are
a rare type of great
people.”
was back in the UK. If I encountered the blue
screen of death, it would force a one-year delay
in the trans-Atlantic sail. I was relieved when the
update worked without a hitch.
Of course, the other task was provisioning the
galley or buying victuals for the kitchen. Gail had
scouted the supermarkets when we 昀椀rst arrived
in Tenerife. Back in NY, a thirty-day food plan was
created. Some fresh, some canned and some
freeze dried. The freeze dried was purchased in
NY but we scoured the Spanish grocery stores
for fresh and canned food.
Heather: I will start with the question everyone
wants to know. What was the hardest day during the
crossing?
Jason: The low points for me came in two forms:
psychological and physical.
Psychological lows are harder. My routine is to twice
a day download the new weather forecast. Whenever
I opened the 昀椀le, I had a bit of dread that the forecast
would include severe weather. During the 昀椀rst week
I was headed to a very uncomfortable meteorological
trough. Troughs often contain large waves and
