25:53.95N 60:38.62W
There's no wind, then there is a little bit of wind, then there's a
little bit more wind, then there's no wind. The engine goes on, goes
off, goes on again and stays on. The genoa goes up, comes down, goes up
again and then comes down. At the moment we are with wind and therefore
also with genoa. Last night we had brief excitement as a massive cargo
ship passed on the horizon, and this was followed by a gusty bit of wind
that woke us all up a bit but didn't manage to propel us through till
morning. We had a bit of rain this morning and it was quite overcast
until mid afternoon but the sun is back now and we just got over 5 knots
woohoo look at us fly! We were greeted through the mist earlier by a pod
of dolphins skipping across the surface who decided they didn't want to
come and play, but we can't have too much excitement in one day now can
we?! We also seem to have picked up a stalker bird that likes to fly
along behind us, come to a skidding halt off the stern and then stick
it's head in the water. Strange. Maybe we should give it a go. This
afternoon we have resorted to charades and "my granny went to a picinc
and took...an army of American Atheists, 12 billion balloons, Charlie
Dimmock.....an Innuit and an igloo....a rosy red cheeked little
rabbit..."you get the picture. Any more ideas for on deck frivolitites
would be appreciated or we may have to resort to playing man over board.
I am a little concerened that the mega hard fiendishly difficult sudoku
book I brought with me is too easy and Kate is worrying about the skin
falling off her feet. We are all a little worried about what Ian was
doing in bed till this afternoon with the door and windows firmly sealed.
With any luck the wind will be just over the horizon and we can find
something else to complain about in due course.
Lucy
Mother: fish are friends not food. Who is Nancy?
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