Monday 21 December - It is Dark All the Time

Monday 21 December - Winter Solstice - Thank Heavens
After a wonderful day sailing mu pleasure is to go for a swim, a cockpit shower, and drinks on the foredeck. Yesterday was a good day sailing, good swim in the coolish water, wonderful shower, and drinks watching the sunset. I stayed on the foredeck enjoying where I was until black dark, 18:00, six o'clock. Go below, fix something to eat, listen to Christmas music. By that time it is about eight o'clock. Then go to bed. Awake about 03:30, stay in bed till 04:30 if I can manage to doze some. Get up and drink coffee till daylight, about 07:30. Three hours of drinking coffee, reading. It seems like it is dark all the time. But today is the shortest day of the year. Thank heavens the days will be getting longer, and I will not drink so much coffee.
Bill Doar
s/v Advent II