Internatational Dateline

In just about 1 hour we will cross the international dateline and our longitude will go from east of Greenwich to west of Greenwich. After a bit of discussion in the salon, we figured out that this will mean we gain a day and lose an hour. I suspect that will elicit all kinds of comments.

We decided the best way to handle the formalities was to lose the hour on my watch so I get a shortened watch by 1 hour. Everyone will get to do the same as we have 2 more time zones to cross. As far as the day goes, it is currently Sunday for us and when we cross, it will be Sunday all over again. Maybe that Sunday will be better then this Sunday today.

The crew rebelled slightly at all this as they said it was bad enough to lose an hour while I get an extra hours sleep. They further complained that they had already worked Sunday and, therefore, shouldn’t have to work it again a second time. One suggested that it really should be a double time Sunday.

My argument was that I will get the day back in June anyway as it is only a 30 day month. While that didn’t sit well, Owner’s rules apply. I may not get any dinner tonight though.

Hope you have all this figured out – it certainly seemed complicated to us. Happy Sunday (the second time around) – hope the winds and seas continue to improve over Sunday today on Sunday tomorrow.

Happy International Dateline Day.