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Anika - BLOG 4



Good morning,

Yesterday morning was grand sailing with good speeds and plenty of tropical sunshine sadly the afternoon was very squally and very rolly with 10 to 12 ft swells coming at us from different directions and making life difficult in the galley, half my speciality, angel delight, was spilt out of the bowls by the rolling much to the relief of my crew mates, and my mashed potatoes were more thrashed than mashed because I thought I had a masher onboard but don’t.

If only Richard had caught a fish I would have been saved all the gymnastics in the galley!

In one squall yesterday if I had had some soap on deck I could have lathered and rinsed in the one downpour, something else to keep handy in the cockpit.

This morning is again sunny and very tropical with 18 – 25 knt winds bowling us along some large swells once again, it is a chore when you think about what to wear today, should it be my beach shorts, my blue shorts or my dark blue shorts as my golf shorts are for Sunday best. Anyway Viv and Sarah can at least put their thermals, scarves, boots and overcoats away in a few days and pack their bikini’s on top with the sun cream. Looking forward to seeing you.

Bread is making its second rise, a technical term I believe, far too advanced for me.

We are steering 275 deg m with 766 nm to St Lucia

Must go now to watch the flying fish and storm petrels.

 


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