Me
again, sorry. (Will that is) ie. more grammatical errors which I apologise for
in advance. Our boat speedometer clocked 157 miles through water over the last
24 hours, which I think has to be about our best in a 24h period. Over dinner we
decided that there is a good chance we’ll be in St. Lucia in about a week,
making us about two thirds of the way. As you’ve probably heard we’ve been
celebrating bench marks like this along the route. Notably, we passed “half way”
a few days ago and “1000 miles to St. Lucia” yesterday morning. The kids seem to
enjoy these the most as they made invitations to the “1000 mile to go party” and
paper chains with which to decorate the saloon. I’m also a great fan of these as
they effectively add a course of crisps and sweets to my breakfast. Nam.
(Norwegian yum)
Things
are still going well on board. It’s fair to say that the interest in the games
we’ve been playing is decreasing exponentially, meanwhile the kids pent up
energy after weeks aboard is increasing at the same rate. I decided it was time.
I deployed my wildcard of “Connect Four”, unsure of how it would go down
(terrible pun, sorry). I feel it’s been a roaring success so far and it even
disappeared with them into their den last night, leaving the adults to
contemplate the crossing so far in comparison to our expectations; mixed
thoughts on this. We’d all expected to be completely becalmed at least once,
which doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen, touch wood. I personally feel
we’ve eaten better than I thought we would manage to with such a long time at
sea. However, with the fridge starting to smell and the daily, precooking meat
check reaching an ever more borderline verdict, I think things are about to
change a little over the final week.
So,
generally we are all well on board and though we are counting down the miles to
St. Lucia, I’d say about half on board (I won’t tell you who) are quite happy
just arriving as and when we do, because the longer we take, the long we get to
spend sailing in the sun, eating well and my personal favorite, enjoying the
sunset, which never fails to disappoint. Missing all at home a little more now,
as expected, I (we) look forward to catching up with all of you in the real
world in a week or so. Not long now. See you all
soon.