We only have 1824nm to go!
The Adventures of Allegria & Crew
Peter Lansdale
Mon 2 Dec 2019 20:31
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19:56.3N 030:43.02W
ARC DAY 9
First Mate with Mate here...
According to the ARC update at midday today we
only have 1824n.miles to St Lucia to go!
And right now we're flying along with two head
sails poled out, 'wing on wing', with the wind behind us.
We had our first (and we'd all like to think last)
squall last night... so we're now eyeing each cloud that goes by with
suspicion.
No boats in sight by eye or AIS today so once again
we used our little portable radio to tune into the SSB radio network the ARC set
up to hear how some of the other boats were doing. It's a little like listening
to a CB (Citizens Band) radio... does that still exist?
So some of the boats, especially those signed up
for the World ARC, are carrying this SSB radio system alongside their VHF and
each day at noon and 1pm they all tune in and give their position, boat speed
and a weather update, followed by catch up conversations... though it can sound
like Daffy Duck talking to the Flowerpot Men!! Turns out everyone's cooking Italian tonight, we're going a little off
piste, heading toward Greece (not literally, honest) with Skipper cooking
moussaka, yum
Billy No Mates here. Apologies for lack of
Blog yesterday - this was due to an "Incident" - Assault of one crew member by
another. I didn't mean it Skipper - please can you take the leg irons off
now? When I threw that rotten pear overboard I didn't intend to splatter
the First Mate's Mate fairly comprehensively - not to mention quite a lot of the
cockpit. It was only a pear got God's sake - looked like the aftermath of
a toxic cloudburst....I'm sure the boat heeled just as my throwing arm went
into action. I got rid of te last pear today - the bad bits that is, quite
safely. Hard to keep fresh stuff fresh in this climate. Come the
third week we'll be on weevils and ship's biscuits. (Digestives, so
reasonably OK)
The wind has increased considerably so we are in
for an interesting night and hopefully a fair amount of mileage to be
covered. Looking forward to reporting on our progress in the next
blog.
Cheers M'Dears, ALLEGRIA and the Motley
Crew
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Wind has picked up considerably so a
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