Log Day 22: Pranzo domenicale
Avventura
Marco Versari
Mon 12 Dec 2022 01:38
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Three weeks ago, we left Las Palmas de Gran
Canaria. To celebrate this, we had great gnocchi alla zucca fatti in barca,
accompanied with a glas of Prosecco. (Altough, when we left, we didn't really
think to be still at sea after this amount of days, we assumed the crossing
would take around 18 days. But one cannot chose wind and weather - and we've ve
had slower conditions for about the last third of the distance.)
As mentioned earlier in this blog, food is an
important ingredient for the crew's well-being. We wanted to have a variety of
good and fresh food, and plenty of it - also for the case that the trip takes
longer. Something we are now very happy to have.
Food-wise, everything worked out very well. The
first 10-14 days, we had a lot of fresh vegetables and fruit. Now, we still have
some oranges left, ate the last melon yesterday, and today some of the last
vegetables (incl. the pumpkin). We've had almost no food waste. Assumed reasons:
We bought fresh food at the Mercado Central in Las Palmas, handpicked, and then
washed and dried every piece before storing it in the boat. Everyday, we checked
what needed to be eaten and then created a menu with it. In the end, we had a
different main meal every day (except Pesto, which we had twice). The second
meal was sometimes similar (different kinds of salads, Couscous etc.). We've
caught two fish out of five times fishing (altough today's fishing doesn't
really count, we sailed to slowly for the lure to be attractive). Maybe we're
lucky tomorrow.
Estimated time of arrival in St Lucia is tuesday.
We still have good food and nice ideas what menus to cook - even for a longer
time, but we are looking forward to see land again.
Position at 23:30 UTC (13:15.71N
57:27.49W)
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