10 Dec - More canvass fast!
Moulin Rouge
Philip Barltrop
Fri 10 Dec 2010 18:41
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Following an urgent communication via carrier pigeon
from Monroe, Skipper Philip commanded that more sails be rasied or we will be
stranded and our arrival at St Lucia was guaranteed to be delayed. The
urgent communique recommended continuous 24 hour flying of spinnaker as
well as any other availbale piece of sail to muster speed and distance before
the wind is due to drop on Tuesday next week.
Following this communication Skipper stepped into
immediate action when he saw the log and GPS reading boat speeds of under 6
knots. c'mon you Scury sea dogs or it will be the cat fer
ye........... A frenzy ensued with spinnaker on deck along with some
slight disarray which then developed into a respectable 7.5 knots sailing wing
and wing with full main and a slightly reefed head sail for
balance. Pace really is of the essence or we may have to motor
our way to the finish as the winds are due to die on tuesday next
week.
Reporting on from Dinner last night, the Curry served
by Messrs Barltrop and Barltop was very well received by the crew, Colin
had the tamed down version of rice and chicken - getting in the Carribean mood
already... Ben cooked two batches of bread yesterday, the comment on the
first batch (not wishing to offend anyone, but he phrase is:
Aye-yay-aye - Bread-shmead!!! Barely risen but kept us
quiet..... The second batch was well coloured, but again sat a little
heavy - practice isneeded here, i think part baked is in order for the next
few days.
Finally, meetings continue to run into the late hours
about what to do with regards to the time zone issues....... If a decision
is not made soon, we will follow the sense of the skipper and just have four
extra hours of Shore leave in St Lucia - the saga
continues.........
A waxing gibbus moon - what is it? BS or fact????......
we need your help and access to google and wikipedia! Colin guarantees that it
is real, we are yet to be convinced............
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