Message in a Bottle

To Whomever Finds This Bottle,

We're waiting. We've been waiting...for weeks now. Yes we're fully enveloped in the doldrums. But we keep waiting and waiting for it to happen. We squint into the sun, watch the horizon in this crushing heat for days and days for something to ride. The Bermuda High has locked its teeth down and its southwester, a flamethrower, blows searing hot.

Waiting for something to go off in the tropics. If you find this bottle please say a prayer for us. We can make it through yet another doldrum flat spell. By now we've got to be close to the swell window. It's maybe a week or ten days away. I've examined my past logs and am encouraged, hopeful. It's almost time.

Until the first swell comes, we'll work, snorkel, ride our bikes hard, swim, sail, and even rest up. Until it gets here we will endure. You will hear from us again when the first real Fall swell comes. It will be our salvation, our sustenance, future tall tales. God help us arrive.