Dag Femton: Caribbean to the Azores
Felicia
Bo Westman
Mon 21 May 2012 23:17
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25/5/2012
35.57.874N 039.03.273W
Hej alla!
Allt är bra on Felicia. At the moment, det är
molnigt.
We made 136nm idag, leaving 516nm to the
Azores. Idag we had a chance to actually sail for the first time in a few
dagar as the wind gods finally answered our prayers and gave us over tretton
knots of wind, which was good enough to have a nice eftermiddag sail! And
to think we didn't even have to make a human sacrifice----lucky me!!
So we turned the engine off and started to sail
this eftermiddag and that was very exciting!! The winds are much lighter now but we see dark clouds on the way and
hopefully that means even more wind!!!
Freddy was really lucky this morning as he saw
dolphins once again and he said that one jumped high out of the water near to
Felicia!
Today afforded a chance to get a shower and do some
laundry. Unfortunately while doing my laundry, I lost grip of the bucket
and off it went into the ocean. Captain Boz turned the boat around and we
went back to the floating bucket, but by the time we arrived, it started to
sink. Since conditions were quite calm, I decided to make a first class
Olympic dive into the ocean and retrieve the bucket as it was sinking.
On a scale from 1 to 10, Bo gave my dive a .2 and
Freddy a .1, so I don't think I have any future in Olympic
diving! :-) Bo and Freddy are really tough judges, as I thought
I'd at least get a 3 or 4.
Anyway, after retrieving the bucket from the depths
of the Atlantic, I tried to swim around to Felicia to get back on board. I
noticed Bossman was taking his time getting into position to pick me up. I
started to think that ¨Boss was contemplating if he should pick me up or
not. I think he was weighing the plusses and minuses in his
mind:
"If I don't pick up Jazz,
there will be more porridge for Freddy and me!! But on the other
hand, Freddy and I will have to do the daily
bloggen.....hmmmm...such a hard decision to make!!!"
Fortunately for me, doing the daily bloggen
won out and was enough to convince the Bossman to save
me! In the future, I'll make sure to
tie the bucket with a rope before I do my laundry.
Thanks again for the SMSs you have sent to
us!
Well that is about all from Felicia for
idag.
Hej då alla,
The Felicia Crew
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