wrong cobbles
Alize
Mike Somerville
Wed 12 Dec 2012 11:56
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15:14.5N 56:03.9W
A beautiful morning, after a somewhat bumpy
nightride. Mike L's first comment this morning, when climbing down his
comfortable bunkbed, was: "I think somebody most have done something wrong when
cobbling this road we're riding on" referring to the disturbing waves keeping us
all a little bit from sleeping last night. At times the sea even got a bit angry
with us I'd say, throwing us around like a little duckling in a baby's bath,
although the wind was still ok. 20-25 knots with a few blows of 30+ knots. A few
rain showers came by, but usually not longer than 10 minutes, so nightwatches
were a pleasure to take, maybe even better than trying to get some sleep being
tossed around in your bed :-)
Yesterday was a marvellous, splendid day. Beautiful
sunshine, a nice little cloud here and there to give us some shade, nice 17-25
knots of wind so especially for Tim a great day to do some laundry! We lost him
for a while in the forepeak, but when he returned, a big basket with fresh
clothes came out and we dressed the boat
nicely with it. This inspired Barbara and Mike L, so covered in wash we
beautifully sailed along the atlantic and enjoyed the sun, our books and even
some sextant reading by Mike L!
At the moment, less than 300 miles to go! We're
almost there! Exciting! Funny how 300 miles now seem 'close' whilst when you're
sailing on the North Sea, a 300 mile sail is considered a 'huge' journey which
will bring you all the way to Norway if you're not carefull!
Summarized; another interesting and beautiful day
in paradise, where Alize again and again does a great and superb job. Happy to
be here!
Oh yeah..and so far our spoon
competition..well..let's put it this way, you'll get used to eating yoghurt with
a fork and dinner with a... serving spoon :-)
Regards,
Barbara, Mike, Tim &
Mike
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