Today passed quietly enough.  There’s an Anglican cathedral that we can see from the ship, but I’ve got watch today and wasn’t able to go.  I’m hoping to go to worship next week.
    Like usual, today had 92 degree heat, but with a constant breeze Beaufort force 1 or 2, so it was tolerable enough.  I spent the day well-coated with sunscreen and working with my watch-mate Johnny Kamara, a native of Freetown who has been with Amistad for a couple years now.  Our major task was to make sail covers from some tarps so that the sun wouldn’t damage the sails unnecessarily.  We also rigged awnings to cover the majority of the deck.
    Our life aboard is almost entirely on deck, as there is little air circulation below decks.  We’ve moved all of the mattresses from the bunks to the deck and we all sleep on deck with no fear of mosquitoes, since we’re anchored far enough offshore and since the wind is so steady.
    Tomorrow, after lunch, Johnny and I will get to go ashore for the rest of the day and will then have all of the following day for our selves, since we work 24 hours on watch, followed by a duty day of ship work that runs until 5:00pm, officially, but usually finishes up at lunch.  I hope to have some good photos from that time of seeing Freetown.