Rowtec Support vessel "Desiderata"
Carl Theakston Mark Terry
Mon 27 Apr 2009 10:49
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As the crew of the good ship Desiderata sail
seemlessly into week two of their Indian Ocean crossing the winds have
thankfully eased allowing their first proper nights sleep in over a week and now
ressemble something slightly more formidable than three asthmatic ants carrying
heavy shopping.
On a more pessamistic note there clearly is not one
fishermen between them as eight days at sea is yet to yeild one single fish. Our
brave heroes are now facing the prospect of having to read Rex Hunts fishing
manual and carry out a task they vowed never to do, take advice from an
Australian.
New crew motto-
We eat our sh*t, talk our sh*t and do our sh*t.
On a lighter note today was washing day for the
first time on this intrepid adventure and Desiderata ended up resembeling a
council flat in the depths of Peckham once she was festooned in underwear
and T-shirts hanging from every yard, a short trip downwind to see the Flying
Ferkins rowing team and everything was dry and stowed away ready for an evening
of frivolities and freeze dried fun.
On a note about the Flying Firkins I think we need
to go back to the start and explain to them it is a "rowing boat" and it does
need rowing. The guys are being left behind by rest of the fleet and do need to
look at there stratagy quite carefully or we will be waiting for them to finish
the 2011 Woodvale Indian Ocean Rowing Race.
Big love to all!
Forza!
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