Tohuwabohu - leg 2 day 14

Well we have officially reached 14 days at sea and it has been the adventure that we promised ourselves, we have seen the sunrises and the sunsets and for all of us this has been the longest time that we have ever spent at sea. I think that it is good to get to a routine as soon as possible it help to know where you are and what you are doing, there are ways things to fix, or crew to feed or admin tasks that need doing, it’s also quite tiring and sleep is broken, it’s not a holiday as you would imagine it. Last night the wind dropped to AWS 1.4 knt so the engine stayed on lol night and today pretty much the same thing has happened. Holger and Simone topped up the tank with the remaining amount of diesel, we seemed to have burnt slightly more overnight at 1.3 litres per hour, I’m not sure if this is the Kinasti diesel burning more as it is a blacker diesel than I’ve ever seen, it doesn’t seem to have affected nothing else and the engine is running beautifully.
Our prediction is that we have 30 hours or so of diesel (excluding the reserve 10 litres) which we will use to push us west. The fires cast says the wind should pick up to get us the rest of the way, either way we will have to catch the wind at some stage .
Same routine today different day.
We were discussing boat rules (tongue in cheek) yesterday so here are our top 10
1) Only one joke a day and never about the Captain
2) Never touch or tinker with a running working system
3)Always have more spares and tools on board than a mechanic would need
4) Everything with out a place to live, lives under Davies bed
5) At all times share chocolate equally
6) Never use a fragranced arse wipe to clean your face, it leads to skin problems
7) When fishing always pump and roll in with feeling
8) If in doubt “Go North”
9) A longer arm must be grown if the Captain demands it to be so
10) Always have a lot to do, or jobs will be found

I’m sure that this list will get longer in the last few days as we approach St Lucia, we have a feeling that the new quarantine rules will shorten the amount of time we have to spend on the island which feels a bit unfair, we are predicting landfall on Thursday and then have to wait for a PCR Test and result before we can go and do anything despite the fact we will have spent 18 or so days at sea. As I’ve said before “rules is rules” and for the obedience of wise men.