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===========ELISSA Crew's Log: 12 noon, Friday, July 24th, 2026===========CAUGHT NAPPING “Think not, is my eleventh commandment, and sleep when you can is my twelfth.” - Moby DickI have taken (or attempted to take) naps in myriad locations around the ELISSA. In violation of his eleventh commandment, I have put extensive thought towards assessing and rating these locations. Please note that the actual selection and rating of a nap location is dependent on many factors, including, but not limited to, weather conditions and level of exhaustion.Main Hatch - 6/10 | Good protection from the wind, shaded in the morning and late afternoon. However, the cambered and uneven surface can cause discomfort. A popular nap location among crew, so must be claimed quickly.Quarterdeck, wedged between the binnacle and aft companionway - 1/10 | A location of desperation, chosen for the scrap of shade and successful only due to post-docking tiredness.On deck, by scuppers - 4/10 | Boring, flat, in everyone’s way, but marginally effective.Leaning against the fore bitts - Starboard: 1/10, Port: 0.5/10 | Profoundly uncomfortable and in the way. Port side ranks lower due to its proximity to the head vent. Imagine trying to sleep next to the output of a restroom exhaust fan, a space used by 30 people.Bunk - 3/10 | Stuffy and disorienting to wake up in the dim red light of the mid-hold. The rest gained from the nap is hardly worth the climb up the three-high bunks. The mattress is the only redeeming feature. Top of galley house - 7/10 | Folded and stowed awnings make a luxuriously comfortable surface. No protection from the sun. Not encouraged in rough sea states.Curled around the base of the fore mast - 7.5/10 | Ideal on hot days when the fore sail is set. Out of the way except when staysails are being doused. Must time naps to avoid deck-washing.Appendix 1: Forbidden Nap LocationsAboard ELISSA, we go aloft only for essential tasks. Napping, according to the powers-that-be, is not an essential task (!?!), so the following locations will forever remain beyond the scope of this research, to my great disappointment.Ratlines of the headrig - 8?/10 | The ratlines form a bow net beneath the jibboom. One could drape oneself across them, much as big cats sprawl over tree branches.Platform on the main mast - 6?/10 | A flat surface with just enough room between the shrouds and the square sail gear to curl up.Jibboom, on top of a doused (but not furled) headsail - 9?/10 | Flakes of sail resting on the jibboom would be perfect for nestling into, and the motion of the ship would rock one to sleep in minutes.Sweet Dreams,Rebekah RoundeyPhotos courtesy @outsidetheobvious. ==========POSITIONING==========ELISSA at 12 noon (EDT)Total Distance Traveled: 3668nmPosition: 32deg 05.0' N x 81deg 05.7' WCourse: n/a (moored)Speed-Over-Ground: n/a (moored)Weather: Sunny & Hot; light & variable breeze. ... See MoreSee Less

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