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Tales of Amok's Adventures
Mike Jones
Mon 21 Dec 2009 16:31
Dearest Landlubbers,

Well, our mooring warps are wearing out, what with being alongside for
such a long time. Our watermaker continues to plague us; the problem we
face is that we know we are unlikely to get water in Cape Verde without a
ferrying exercise, so it is kinda critical that we get this gear working.
It appears to be giving the local engineer a puzzle, the little part was
finally released from customs this morning, after lounging around all
weekend waiting for somebody to say YEP, ITS ONLY A PART. Nothing like
paying for a premium sooper dooper bullet fast service, only for arrival
lounging to take place. It was duly fitted, but still the darned thing
didn´t work.

On a more positive note, we are boosting the Canary island´s economy
ferociously, Mike is greeted by name in the street and all the locals come
up and shake his hand. I, on the other hand, have taken to wearing my hat
and glasses whereever I go, and insist on paying in cash.A wig may be
next.

Pandora and I did a mega shop yesterday and have enough toilet paper for a
lifetime. We even took the plunge and bought a Spanish Christmas ham. it
is currently hanging in the forepeak, though we did take a knife to it at
lunchtime today and it looks like it could get the lead role in the
forthcoming horror movie, Halloween VII. The biggest problem is that the
silly thing is so slippery, you can´t cut it straight. I can´t wait to try
to do it at seaway with 30 knots of wind when I am knackered and everybody
is hungry. I guess that explains why they have those fancy ham stands and
even fancier knives to cut it. Our knife, which was a freebee from
Woolies, has been nicknamed ¨KUJO´ by me as it clearly has me in it´s
sights for a kill. It has cut me in the same place twice now, which is
pretty stupid. I certainly said so, the second time.

Anyway, I have left Toby fishing on the quayside, and Mike is playing with
his new torch, waiting for the hours of darkness so he can see how far it
goes.
I intend to risk my life with trying pizza again tonight: like the
recently released Julie and Julia, I will reveal how much of a failure it
is next time I write, (if i survive it)

That´is all for now, campers, keep your chins up, it hides the wrinkles...