Day 10, Antigua to Portsmouth
Telefonica Black
Lance Shepherd
Wed 22 Apr 2020 22:22
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39:38.40N
040:27.48W
Half way!
This morning we past the virtual half way mark. The
miles completed now outnumber the miles to go and thats a great feeling. Woop
Woop!
I think everyone needed the boost today as the weather
has been typical North Atlantic gray for the last couple of days! Wet, cold,
damp, rain, mizzle, drizzle and all the other words for damp! Inside the boat
currently looks like a laundry room with socks and gloves hanging from
every available space.
It may be wet, but the pay off is consistent wind from
the SW allowing us good progress East.
We will be going in this direction until Sunday then we
will head north again on the final stint home.
We have been sent in a few questions..............here
are our answers
What did you eat today?
Breakfast was porridge and cereal. Lunch was a salad
with, Tuna, potatoes, olives, peppers, red cabbage, green beans, sweetcorn and a
nice boiled egg on top. Dinner was Chicken al a king and rice. Dinner was out of
a can so we just needed to heat that up and make the rice, it was a bit like
chicken supreme, very tasty!
What to do you with the rubbish?
Nothing goes over the side, we bring everything back
with us. It all gets bagged and put in the Laz. The Laz is basically the garden
shed of the boat, we store everything in there!
Are there beds?
Yes, we sleep on cot bunks. Basically a bunk sticks out
of the wall and is on a pully system so you can adjust the angle you sleep at.
If there are lots of waves you may crank it up higher so you dont fall out.
There are 14 bunks in total on the boat but we dont use them all. There are 2 in
the Laz that we use for storage and 4 up front in the bow that we use to keep
all the food on. We just use the 8 bunks in the main area. We dont need a bunk
each as there is always someone on watch sailing the boat.
Is there a toilet?
Yes! We like to call it the throne! If you have a look
on our website, there is a video of the lovely Kim demonstrating how to use
them!
Let us know if you have any more questions.
We hope everyone is well.
xxx
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