Beltana II - The Owner (alias State Room Boy) gets white wine relief

Great news today for the owner, former skipper and newly appointed “State Room Boy” of Beltana II, Jon Romcke..........during a tidy up of the stateroom the major engineering feat of moving Graham’s bag (next week folks don’t forget to look out for the Qatar Airlines A380 with the tandem trailer behind) was moved and three whole bottles of white wine were discovered.  Given that Jonno is currently cooking up yet more freshly caught Mahi Mahi for lunch, this discovery has brought much joy and delight in aft regions of the boat.  The fishing stakes have also been upped by finally finding the new sinker for the Queensland hand line.  This process of discovery was some what hindered by the fact that “boy looks” were the only available process.............to absolutely nobody’s surprise the first several were completely unsuccessful and then on about the 7th attempt the sinker was found pretty much where it was supposed to be.   To give the fish some sort of sporting chance against this fishing weapon the Beltana II boat speed has been increased to 7-8 knots.......this has also brought general cheer to the various after guard members, the crew and the galley slaves who have now all gone past the light weather skills honing moments and are keener to revisit the skills associated with higher speed boating at an angle!

 

Cheese supplies are holding up well and half a wheel of Stilton has been officially added to the grab bag list..........The current cockpit discussion is focused on the application of the top gallant sail and the the mizzen top gallant in particular.............this is of a modicum of concern to the galley slave on watch as the 3 minute rig check conducted this morning had noted that Beltana II has been very consistent in being a cuter rigged Bermudan Sloop for the whole of the ARC and a, albeit brief, search below decks has failed to identify the stowage location of the spare mizzen mast.......

 

Back to the frying of fresh fish and preparation for the 2pm sched........