Up until this point, we had been getting progressively further behind Eastern Standard Time. With each westward time-zone in the Pacific, we turned our clocks an hour back. In Samoa, we were seven hours behind Virginia time. 7:00 PM in Virginia was 12:00 PM on the boat of the same day.
However, when we crossed the date line, we immediately shifted to being 17 hours ahead of Virginia time. 7:00 PM in Virginia was 12:00 PM on the boat - the next day!
As we continue to sail west, we will progressively turn our clocks back and eventually end up back on Virginia time.
Back to the future! Doc Brown will be proud.
SOS
