At midnight last night we reached the halfway point on our transatlantic crossing. At about the same time last night the winds picked up and the sea became very rough again and the ship tossed and turned all night and then calmed again as the sun rose. The high reached around 70 during the day.
We are maintaining a speed of about 440 nautical miles a day and the captain says the ship is getting about 17 inches per gallon of fuel (probably diesel).
We are in a routine of sleeping late, mainly because we are losing an hour about every day. With the late dinner we are getting to bed well after midnight. In the long run, this is probably good at it matches up with the late dining habits in
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