Fresh Bread Today
Kantara Atlantic Odyssey
Andy Hemens
Thu 24 Nov 2011 17:40
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Joe did us proud today with some stunning fresh
bread and we have just had canapés created by Mike with black pasta with octopus
to follow at sunset.
Last night was one of our less productive evenings
with light winds mainly in the wrong direction and a very lumpy sea making it
difficult to sail deep. We have had a glorious spinnaker run today holding 9 to
10 knots for around 5 hours, nearly all in the right direction. The crew are
also developing into excellent downwind helmsmen with delicate kite
control.
We were also accompanied by a very large pod of
dolphins this morning for several hours who put on a very good
show.
We have had two boats in view most of the day and
it is pleasing to see them gradually drop back over the horizon. Hopefully wind
will hold tonight and we can keep making our way south west with the intention
of getting to 20N by the time we reach 30W.
We are really getting into a good routine now but
will spice things up with some watch rotation tomorrow. Only concern is that the
carnivores are starting to get a bit tetchy and there is talk of eating Mike,
will keep an eye on that one.
Andy
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