Tamanaco - Various anecdotes

Hello everyone!

Our crew of five temporarily expanded to 6 yesterday when a flying fish invited himself to the party. We were downstairs and our new friend surprised us when gesticulating on the floor where he landed. He jumped through the rooftop window! We quickly dispatched him back to rhe sea, he was stunned.

Risk taking. As we are now we’ll under the tropics, temperatures have risen beyond the point of comfort. It is very tempting to get some fresh aire through the window. Risky business, though as Rodrigue found out with a wave hit and two bucket worth of seawater made their way o to the kitchen, wetting everything.

Who’s who? Life jackets are to be worn at night. They are marked individually with the Coppe’s family members. Valery is Bruno, Vincent is Éric, Rodrigue isCarolina and Tony is Andrea. Dit took us a while to remember . Everyone had a laugh when I asked for my jacket the other night, along saying « I am David »

Screen addicted. Tony is continuously charging his cell phone. Turns out he has read several books on it since the start. Problem is, battery performance is deteriorating and we reckon we’ll have consumed several liters of diesel just to charge his phone!

Bell pepper explosion. Cautious about not dirtying the boat, I routinely ask the guys in charge of the kitchen to check the fruits and veggie for spoiling. The request is usually followed by a « we checked ». Turns out they only visually inspected but really should have turned each fruit. We found that out the hard way after a couple of fruits literally exploded and a watermelon looked very well from above but was leaking fluid from below. Nasty business!