November 11: Veterans day at sea. Yes, even though I (Marleyne ) am not working anymore, I have special thoughts for my former colleagues and clients in the military work environment. Today is Veterans Day, at sea. While the winds are calm to start off the morning, they increase to N-NE 10-20 as the daylight fades - pretty early in the day, i.e. 17h00. Unfortunately, we have some current against us (at times as much as 1 knot) which brings our speed around 4.5 mph. Later that evening, East winds at 20+ knots begin to make our life a little harder.