“Even though we still had over 2000 nm to sail, the wind was not around so we embraced the stillness and jumped in the ocean… Every time we would get out it felt like the beautiful blue color called us back in again…
[But] the beauty was soon to be interrupted when we realized how many tiny plastic particles were floating in the water. A few larger pieces of debris also came our way and since we weren’t moving much, we were able to catch some and get them on board. A lot of the plastic showed signs of having been in the water a while and had barnacle growth and bite marks from fish and wildlife. Even though none of this was news to us, seeing traces of human activity far out at sea was depressing, and encountering more trash than wildlife while crossing an ocean was never part of the dream…”
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