Half Way!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Fri 7 Dec 2007 12:18
There appear to be more definitions on board, of 'half way' than what
constitutes a weapon of mass destruction which raises the point that we are
deprived of breaking international news from the rest of the world - our
loss. Briefly is it longitude, distance to go versus distance travelled or
how many potatoes are left in the bilge? - more of that later. But the
consensus is that at 40deg longitude there is no doubt that there is less to
do than has been done and the Champers gets it in the morning.
The last 24 hours has been a sample of what we thought the Atlantic might be
on a 'nice day'. The sun has shone the wind has been steady (F6) and the
rollers have been sweeping us towards Rodney Bay. The size of the swell has
increased such that the odd one has doused the cockpit floor from the stern
and the saloon from an open ceiling hatch. The waves are the size of a row
of houses that the camera doesn't do justice to. Each one lifts us gently up
on its front and we slip down its back, generally pointing in the same
direction.
Today's food fashion victim was Lori. After corned beef hash she offered to
make apple pancakes -"oh all right then if you insist". One freak wave and
she was wearing the batter mixture. The remaining pancakes however, were
good.
Some of the potatoes in the bilge had been bruised and started to ferment!
Enough to set the gas alarm off, Another rethink for storage methods or do
we diversify into Poteen production?
Ian