If only it was flat
Fleck
Sun 11 Nov 2012 09:21
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Sunday,11th November, 12.00
Position 23:49.5S 52:34.7E
We have made good progress since leaving Reunion
just two days ago. The forecast was for calms, so I filled the cockpit with
spare cans of fuel, and this precaution, and the consequent tripping up hazard
has ensured good winds so far which are likely to carry us to the tip of
Madagascar. Yesterday was one of those dream days, sun and a gentle breeze
pushing us gently along. Unfortunately it got a bit boisterous last night, and
Geoff has adopted his traditional position on board Fleck: head over a bucket!
He blames my veg curry, cheeky boy. We hope that matters will resolve over the
next few days, but could detour to Madagascar if necessary. Not sure if Goeff
could then get a train ticket straight from Port Dauphin, Madagascar to
Stourbridge Junction, or if he would have to change at Euston.
A great few days in Reunion, eating at the very
french resorts, and climbing down into the crater of the vast volcano at the
southern tip of the Island. However it was good to be on our way again. Geoff is
not the only casualty. Celebrating our departure, which involved springing out
into the wind from beneath the large bows of a moored trawler, we lunched in the
cockpit on a run, with neither the traveller or the gybe preventer set up. Of
course we gybed all standing and I was run over by the mainsheet car, and then
on the way back, by the mainsheet. Sorry if that is a bit technical, but the
upshot has been a long laceration of my left thumb, into which I have got a half
dozen sutures,and a bruised right lower leg and a twisted ankle. Glad to say
that the leg has improved quite quickly, and I can use my thumb a bit. There is
a patch of numbness, but not over the tip, and no tendon damage. Lucky, but
quite stupid of me.
Well, its time for Nurse Blunt to change the
bucket, will update you as we go, Geoff did sterling work on the old computer,
making it positively whizz along. Just hope he hasn't deleted anything
vital! Best Regards from us both to all famiy and friends, especially
in my case to Hannah, due back from Montreal on her Exchange visit, and
Charlotte who is still taking exams!
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