Poltergeists and other embuggerances
The Adventures of Allegria & Crew
Peter Lansdale
Sun 8 Dec 2019 19:23
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Sunday 8th - ARC DAY 15
ALLEGRIA is turnng out to be quite a unique vessel
in many ways. She is one that likes to set the odd challenge. One of
her special attributes is the ability to produce an amazing cacophony of sounds
- a lot of which, to my untutored ear, don't sound at all nautical.
I am sure that Sue has already mentioned the
"Screaming Banshee" that inhabits their cabin. They are long
suffering. It is caused by a piece of kit (for non-sailors) and the Watt
& Sea for those in the know. It continues the banshee
howling even when switched off. Then we have 'The Whale' so lifelike
that we live in fear of the noise attracting another whale intent on humping the
boat. Abel, our Auto-Pilot (so named as a plea for it to keep going) has
developed a 'handbrake turn' noise every now and again. I could go
on..
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Then of course there is the newly christened Percy
the Poltergeist. Its' claim to fame is the whip of a squall just as the
duty chef of the evening starts cooking. He reaches his
personal best as the plates are being handed out. Percy is of course
responsible for anything we thought safely stowed leaping out in
attack mode from any given cupboard at any given angle. He hides
things. He makes our Easyo yoghurt maker underperform....curds and
whey anyone?
It is a sunny Sunday, fairly lively sea-wise
but then everything is relative. I had back to back squalls on my 2-4 am
watch so today is a picnic. We are in regular contact with another boat -
a 48' Rassy - 5 onboard, including 2 kids aged 6 & 8. They
are getting cabin fever, due to the squally weather and are also suffering
dire 'lego malfunction' moments according to their Dad. Suffice to say
that both them and us are looking forward to a cautious
ETA in St Lucia either Friday or
Saturday. Daylight preferred so Saturday likely.
Watch this Blog! Over and out for
now.
Skip here. Much better weather here today.
Yesterday was very rough with fairly continuous squalls and even between the
squalls it was blowing 20+ knots. Progress therefore slower today but more
comfortable. Everybody is hoping for a quiet night.
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