November 27, 2015 – In the last 24 hours we have made 150 miles. It’s less than the days before but more than we expected because of the lack of wind. Last night the sail and jib were going left and right and left and right because of the little wind which made a lot of noise in the cabin (where people were trying to sleep). So again a bit of a bumpy night.
In the morning just after sunrise there was a big crowd of dolphins playing around our boat. There were at least 10 of them, even another group further away, and they stayed for 10 minutes or so around our boat. It’s so beautiful to see them swim through the water, overtake our boat, and then jump out of the water in front of our boat. Magical….
Today the lack of wind caused quite a flat sea. And for the first time of our trip we could have lunch at the unfolded table in the cockpit, walk through the cabin without too much of resistance (so Mariette and Nicoline could do some yoga inside) and simple things like brushing your teeth weren’t causing more black spots (blauwe plekken) (referring to an earlier blog).
So with little wind and a lot of sun it became a perfect Friday with Shiva crew in the chill mode reading books, listening music, sunbathing at the deck, washing our hair (for the first time since Sunday…!), playing games (pim pam pet), doing some yoga, enjoying the view of the huge parasailer and drinking a Radler during the “borrel” (5 o clock drinks). At borrel time Loupan, another ARC boat that was nearby us, even reached us through the VHF phone (marifoon) to ask us what rig we had now with this little wind. No wind, but thank God it’s Friday!