49:00.031N 006:16.245W
Lady Corinne
iain and gaynor macalister
Sun 9 Aug 2009 14:33
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Sailing feels so good and Tristan and I were
treated to the most spectacular sunset and shortly after that the most amazingly
crimson full. moon climbing into the sky to produce such a beautiful night
sail under a canopy of stars with full canvas aloft.
Sorry,in case you're wondering, Gaynor is still with us after being
"caught" she just made the mistake of taking the first off watch after cooking
us all a delightful meal of gnocci & beanfeast!. We're doing 2
hour watches at night starting @ 20.00 but as Tristan is only able to use his
skills as a "dish pig" at the moment it means Gaynor and I are just passing each
other in the dark as she gets out of the bunk for her stint and I turn in (It's
called hot bunking and sounds like lots of fun!) probably sounds hard
but isn't too bad as you only have to be up for 2 hours then at 8.00am we go to
3 on & 3 off. Not sure how good Tristan will be at watches
as we won't be able to tell if he's awake - he actually sleeps with his eyes
open - quite disconcerting. It looks as though we're heading into a
high and the sun is out and the skies have cleared, we are currently screaming
along at 5 Knots (that is about walking speed) but it's nice to be moving
after 2 hours of being becalmed at 7 this morning. There were so
many fishing boats out there last night I really don't know why Tristan hasn't
even had a nibble. We are all well & all the gear seems to be OK
without any shortage of power on what was our 1st night of sailing without any
use of the engine - thanks to Jenny Wren for hanging out at the back of the boat
and generating power. We spend the first couple of hours each day
trying to think of exciting new ways to use up our supply of lovely fresh eggs
and have decided that when we get bored of hide and seek we're going to
have an egg and spoon race. Who knows it might just be the start of the
Lady C Pentathalon. Best wishes to all of you as we glide accross the
Western Approaches on our aquatic Run to the Sun xxx
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