day 5
BumbleBee
Tim and Julia and Tiger
Fri 20 Jan 2012 12:28
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position 15:47.7 N 33:26.4 W
Trade wind sailing.. romantic images of Tropical
sunshine, Tall ships, a freshwater cockpit shower every couple of days and dry
off in the sun..
Day 5-same as day 4; Overcast sky with sunny
intervals-same; wind direction-same; wind strength and frequency of early morning gusts-same;
Book title-same; Slight
smell of salty clothing and musty socks-same; prospect for
tomorrow-same.
Are you starting to get the picture? 'Romantic' is as
far away as Bardados, as may be the cockpit shower, I fear. No wonder they
needed 1/4 pint of rum a day to cope with reality. Things could be much worse so
no complaining. We are all aware that the boat sails well and the winds are
fair. We could be on a monohull which rolls back and forward all day long. We
carve a track more like a side winder snake with convultions.
It is a well known phenomenon that long term cruisers
begin to identify with inanimate objects on board and to name them ,(Rowan the
Dinghy, Bob the anchor, that kind of thing)Well today.. it happened...the self
steering is mostly very accurate with only occaissional lapses of concentration,
but when these occur, despite his detailed instructions to King and me, only Tim
can make it work again. I pointed this fact out to him this morning, saying that
the self steering was clearly female with a crush on him and therefore would
only do HIS bidding. His one word answer was 'Jemmima, it's called
Jemmima'
Oh Dear, now I DO wonder what tomorrow will
bring.
xx
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