Ponta Delgado - Eastbourne 2
Gins.pt
Wed 16 Jun 2010 18:47
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Peter asked me (Klara) and Marc to write some words
about life on the boat, and I am first out.
The last days we are motoring through a sea
blank like a mirror and a bright sunny sky. Its a very strange
sight,
you expect another weather on the Atlantic!
During this evening though, a light breeze has started filling us with
hope. Maybe we will be able to put the main up in a
while.
The last two days were relaxing and lazy,
filled with reading and tanning. I am getting slower and slower. Its
suddely very hard work to get inside the boat and
fetch another cookie or fill up the water bottle... Peter keeps up the
energy level though, and does various things like
dancing, cooking quite advanced dinners and updating his swedish with me as a
support. Marc also seems to enjoy this unexpected
vacation cruising.
We are hoping to get a closer look at a whale, but
maybe they are scared of the engine. Today I saw
a big fen sticking
up of the water quite a distance away, but we never
saw it again and therefore can't be sure it wasen't another
dolphin.
We see more birds though, something we are not
too happy about...we are fishing with a floating bait and unfortunately
got a bird on the hook two days ago! We
were all devastated, so sad to see a dead bird and throw it back in the sea.
Peter wanted to eat it, but was not able to
convince me and Marc... Marc, who by the way admitted being a bird
serial killer
(pigeons that make his car dirty) claimed that they could have worms inside.
After then getting a fish jaw
on the hook at our second try, we now feel that we
definitely deserve a better catch. Hope has not yet left us!
We will probably motor at least
partially tomorrow as well, and will use the opportunity to enjoy the
luxury that a calm sea brings. Me
and Marc can have refreshing hot water showers in
our swimwear out on the deck. Peter does things more in a gentelman
way,
and disappears for a while and reappears smelling
Guerlain. I have a feeling his routines is independent of
weather.
I now suddenly hear the very promising sounds
of Peter and Marc putting the sail up again! I will definitely have to get
up
and have a
look. /Klara
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