We officially departed St. Thomas at 3:00 pm Friday January 8, 2010 and the Sea Dragon headed out around the southern westerly side of the island and then pushed north toward Bermuda. It is an 800 mile journey of Open Ocean to Bermuda but our plan is to go east of Bermuda into the center of the theoretic accumulation zone of plastic. The total miles will be approximately 1100 miles. We are hoping to travel about 100 miles a day and average between 6-7 k
nots. About an hour into our journey 4 of my crew mates began to feel the effects of the ship's constant rocking. Between pills and patches everyone was doing everything they could to get comfortable and acclimated. Luckily so far so good for myself and I am really enjoying being on the Sea Dragon. We began our shifts at 6 pm just as the sun was beginning to set and started settling in for the night. We have an A & B group of which I am in the B group. Our shifts were 6-10 pm and 2-6 am with a four hour sleep break from 10-2 am. It was great to get out of the Haven Grande port and feel the cool sea breeze especially at night. Other than a few passing ships far off in the distance which we must track it was amazingly serene. As the golden waning moon rose from the horizon it looked like a boat sitting off in the distance. It was quite a sight to see along with the millions of stars that filled the sky once the clouds cleared. Priceless...
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