We settled into a casual watch system whereby both Judy and I are up during the day and casually spell each other to sleep, prepare meals, do maintenance or other activities. Judy comes on at midnight until 0400 or 0530, during which she naps for 20 minute periods in the cockpit by setting a kitchen timer. Judy is back in the world of the living. I usually make a coffee and breakfast snack for myself, and have a tea ready for Judy when she wakes up. She does not have much of an appetite when we are at sea.
Lunch is our first attempt at a meal, and then a good supper, seas permitting.
We will call each other if necessary for weather problems or major sail changes. We try not to have to go out of the cockpit during night watches, and if so are hooked on with our safety harness. Many nights are beautiful, with stars, and phosphorescence in the water, but also as we saw every night, the horizon had lightning flashes that kept us hoping they would not materialize above us. Any clouds during night watches look menacing as they are a black blot against the starry night sky. This sixth day the wind dropped to a light 5 knots with a following sea that caused a slop.