17 November

Sweetest Thing
Anthony Richards
Sat 17 Nov 2012 05:51
038 14'18 N
014 55'85 E
 
Well, We left Bari, and sailed along pleasently for a while... then of course this boat pulled its usual stunt... she threw a small tantrum about the fact we were making good progress and snapped the strop conecting the main halyard to the main sail and broke a lazy jack!!...I am quite convinced that the Lady Marigot is not aware of the white sandy beaches the hot tropical sunshine and the crystal clear blue seas that await her in the carribbean!!! She is determined to stay in the med... unfortunately for her we are also determined... I want a tan for christmas!!  
So we pulled into brindisi..where we are practically greated as locals by now.. it wasnt a long stop though... baptism of fire for David we sent him straight up the mast to bring down what was left of the halyard/pulley etc...
Back on our way it was a nice down wind leg round the foot of italy sailing mainly on the genoa.. Then we hit an Armagedon style lightning storm!!! the past two nights have actually been lightning.. we seem to be stuck in this bad weather... today is raining and miserable.. Guti said that he thinks its funny we refer to the weather as 'miserable', apparently in spain they dont associate the weather with this emotion.... I said thats becasue in southern spain the weather isnt miserable!!!!
Still, looking forward to some sunshine...