Adding Organic Matter to the Sea

Coming across open ocean from St. Thomas to Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, Plotnik puked his guts out. He didn't want to do it, and he kept it from happening for a few hours, but in the end --- swploosh. Nasty. But afterwards, once they'd arrived in calmer water, he felt fine. They went ashore on beautiful little Culebrita Island, which looked like the South Seas of your dreams, and snorkeled around a reef in bathtub water. That was when the boat got invaded by bees and it turns out Helmsman Finch is allergic to bees. So off we went again and are now safely anchored in Ensenada Dikiti, a harbor behind a reef on Culebra.

All that stuff makes it sound like a bad day but it was really a beautiful one. Puking is no fun but it's way better than the hour before. THe casualty is Plotnik's sense of Sea Legs. He thought he had 'em,. maybe he does, but not today.

It'll be an early night for sure. News from friends back home could be better.