CALISO - tuesday 11th december
CALISO
Mark
Tue 11 Dec 2007 11:37
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it's tuesday and the sun is shining - uneventful
night - 2 reefs in the main - had to bring in headsail on first shift with bob
and i as gusting over 30k but we had good speeds of high 7s, low 8s knots all
through the night. current miles to go - 354 - so thursday is still
looking good - two more night shifts. last night as bob and i are on shift
together and we had a really rolling night, sleeping in a double bed as a
nightmare so i got up at 4am and moved to the couch as soon as dave had vacated
it and got a few hours there - definately the spot to sleep - fresh air and
can't move anywhere.
today's picture tells the story of tin tin and his
red shark adventure. dave is chilled as you can see. i told him it
was his turn to have a picture sent but warned if we saw a whale or something
similar he would get bumped for a quieter news day, but lucky for all dave fans,
we didn't see any marine life, so here he is.
becky is busy making scrambled eggs for us
all. i made tea and coffee when we were all up - i don't think many of you
will understand how difficult a task hot drinks are when the boat is rolling
this much. just trying to get the boiling water in the right cup/tea pot
is bad enough without burning yourself - the gimble on the oven is broken so we
cannot put it in the tilt position which allows it to move with the boat motion,
so we have to be extra careful. then trying to keep cups upright in the
sink whilst milk, sugar etc is added is the 2nd challenge and then the hardest
is actually getting the hot drink up the companionway to the people above.
after our shift last night when i was making one for mark and lisa a big wave
completely threw me off balance just as i was passing a cup up and half ended on
the stairs and i slammed my shoulder into the door trying not to spill it.
but i must say, a cup of tea tastes even the better for knowing how hard it is
to make and then drink.
you can tell it's a slow news day as i am
twittering on about cups of tea. we had another brilliant starry night and
we are all now basically in countdown mode. the first boat in our category
has apparently arrived - the racing division has already had lots of
arrivals.
i am also sending a lovely photo of the girls in
their sundresses which they have basically been living in for about 5 days
now.
yesterday morning becky made up a playlist on the
archos of christmas songs and much to mark and dave's disgust, we all sang along
for about an hour until they both threatened to jump overboard and then normaly
music went back on. it is somewhat difficult to feel even the slightest
bit christmassy out here. the waves yesterday were the best. deep
beautiful blue and typical trade waves - big but gentle. we had one which
lifted us up - as usual - as we were just waiting for the slide down the wave
but nothing happened - it was almost like someone let the air out and we just
went back down again. i did a little video of the waves which i will try
to send once we arrive - you just have to hear and see these waves to really
understand how lovely they are. and then they break near the back or side
of the boat and in between the white at the top and the blue at the bottom you
often get a thin strip of green - like seethrough green glass - as the sun is
caught behind the wave as it breaks. i could watch them for hours.
well enough news for a no news day. last day
at sea tomorrow - hopefully and then we will all be on the mobiles again as soon
as we see land - it's been nice not having them ring all the time. jan
xx
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