What was the hardest part of the North Atlantic crossing?
I think for each person on board that was probably something different. For me, Capt. Betsy, the hardest part was when my husband, Poppa Neutrino, had a heart attack on board and I thought for a few moments we might have to go on without him. But luckily he recovered, and with reduced duties and rest, made it the rest of the way just fine. Poppa thought he might die at sea, but I think even worse than that, for him, was the nearly three weeks that we sailed around in circles trying to get off the Grand Banks, making almost no headway toward Europe. For Rodger, there were a lot of his own inner fears that he had to face, especially his feeling that he would not be able to muster up the strength and courage to see the trip through. He did, though, and is a much stronger person now as a result. Ed couldn’t believe how slow we were going and thought we might never get there. Really, the many years of preparation before the actual crossing, and the will to go on struggling with the design a
