Monday Monday...so good to me
andromeda of plymouth
Susan and Andrew Wilson
Mon 19 May 2014 16:01
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Monday, Monday! Yes its here again, mind you
compared with a lot of Monday mornings this is brilliant. On the minus
side we are once again motor sailing as there is hardly any wind, and as our
routing goes fairly near, if we weren't going to go to
Bermuda we should think about it, with very light winds for the next 3
days....what to do? Easy really, we do want to get to where we are going and,
nice as it is drifting about, we are still hoping to at least make some of the
rally parties..Andrew assures me that once around Bermuda we should get
pushed most of the way to the Azores before we have to start motoring again. So
that is why we will need to go to Bermuda and refuel just in case it is more
than a couple of days.
What is it with us and rallies? ARC was light winds
and slow, the rally to Corunna was very, very heavy and we only get as far as
Brest on that occasion, and now we are back to very light winds! Don't follow
us!
Well, to be honest, I do want to go and
see Bermuda and send some postcards and buy the granchildren a Bermuda flag
- I know I can get one anywhere but so far I have managed to buy one in most of
the countries we have visited. On the plus side, its a lovely dry day and I
have been moved to go boat polishing as its not too hot and not too cold, its
just right. I keep dreaming of food and its just as well we are so stocked
up. For brekkie this morning we had scrambled egg, mushroon and ham wraps
and we have some lovely beef stew for later.....reminds me, must be snack or
lunchtime.
We had a bit of excitement this morning when we
spotted another yacht in the distance, this was about 8.am and so we hailed
them, but unfortunately got no answer, they were busily motorsailing south.
Shame really, it would have been to have had a chat.
The birds continue to visit us and we have had
several more Shearwaters come by and lots of clumps of seaweed - yes we know
seaweed is not a bird!.
P.S. if anyone has our boat card or knows our
mailasail email address we would love to hear from you, we had a great email
from Phil, Ruth and Ollie yesterday and it was lovely to get some news from
home. Just plain emails with no attachements please, as they are
downloaded via satellite.
P.P.S Have given up trolling for now as all we are
catching is clumps of seaweed!
P.P.P.S. Over half way now.......to Bermuda. Passed
the Tropic of Cancer on Sunday morning for those interested.
Andrew & Susan
S/V Andromeda of Plymouth |