Halcyon Day 15
Halcyon
Rob Withers
Sun 4 Dec 2011 18:32
As skipper I need to report that morale is not as bad as might have
imagined from newly-demoted cabin-boy Alistair's blog of yesterday. I
have ordered that the entire crew be cheerful at all times from now,
and the threat of whipping seems been effective in this regard!
The weather is starting to get seriously hot. Down below, typing
this, sweat is dripping from every pore. A respite came last night
when we had 3 squalls blow through. In the 1st, the wind became gusty
and variable from every angle for about 20 minutes. The 2nd and 3rd
were short short sharp deluges that were almost comical in their
intensity. Perfect showering opportunities had they come when more
people were about. James enjoyed helming during the final
rollercoaster (or more like water-flume) ride.
Today has been more trade wind sailing but it looks like we're moving
into a great big wind hole on Tuesday - by which time we'll be about
500NM from the finish.
We had a very brief visit from a large family of dolphins last night.
About 20 of them approached us, leaping clear of the water as they
approached. However, there were obviously on a business trip as they
didn't stop to play at all.
Rob