Day 38 - Christmas at Sea

Dec. 25 - Merry Christmas from the crew of FREEDOM five miles off Cape Hattares. Seas 4-6 ft. and 20-25 kts. of wind from the Northeast. This weather system is just beginning to show it’s teeth so I played a hunch and stayed offshore a little longer to make better time. As expected, we were able to make the Chesapeake sea buoy and enter the protected waters of the ICW, Inter-Coastal Waterway, before conditions grew worse. Christmas presents come in all forms.

Onboard FREEDOM you can see the Christmas spirit. It helped to take our mind off the high seas and low temperatures. You can see the 3/4 in. plywood covering the windows of the entire main deck to help make the vessel on the open seas.

The Christmas morning sunrise was another unexpected gift.