Shaun experienced the worst conditions yet over night. Extremely strong winds and massive swells continued to belt into him at so much force that at about 4am this morning one of the sea anchor bolts was sheared in half! When it was light enough Shaun braved the conditions to retrieve the sea anchor, hurting his back in the process. Once safely back on the boat the sea anchor ropes took over two hours to untangle and re-set up and then finally Shaun was able to pop a couple pain killers and lie down!
As you can see on the map, Shaun is still being taken west however the storm should start to abate tonight and next week is forecasted to bring favourable rowing conditions.
Even under immense duress this morning, Shaun was still able to share a funny story which shows he is still mentally on top of the game. After two days in the cabin it was time for a bowel movement….so Shaun ventured outside in the terrible conditions, set his bucket up and was half way through his business when a large swell hit the boat, unbalancing him and….well you can guess the rest!…..
by Bucky
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