Testosterone
Neroli
Charles Tongue
Sun 30 Nov 2008 17:49
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18:26.5N
27:16.00W
Testosterone..........
 Henry 'the
scrubber'.
Today Lou is
taking over the authorship of our daily blog.
Seven days at
sea and boy,does it show? The tackle appeared this morning (fishing tackle
that is!). Naturally the boys have turned to this pursuit since they are unable
to take on the normal "blue" jobs at home like cutting wood for the fire,
mucking about with a drill or chop saw, tidying the shed, watching sport on
TV etc. They have a selection of enormous hooks and fancy lures that
"Johnny Chick's" (the fishing tackle shop in Dartmouth) would be proud to
display. The rod is also something of a beast. Great excitement preceeded
the launch of lure and line. Five hours on there has not been a bite which is
something of a relief as I am not sure what we shall do with a 30lb tuna.
Yesterday
Charlie managed to cross off lots of DIY tasks including remedying the lack of
water pressure by cleaning out the filter, upgrading his patented home windlass
furling gear for the large gennaker sail and also fiddling with the generator.
After that he was able to spend some hours in "the office" (nav station) and
then cook amazing Spanish omelettes for the rest of the crew. He also produced a
surprise for us in the form of a "Glenfiddich Whisky Cake", obviously not a low
calorie choice! Henry is determined to keep in good shape and has been seen
doing tricep dips in the cockpit.
Despite
changing watch order with Graham today, which curiously gave Henry most of the
day off he has kept very busy. He baked bread this morning - seeded brown with
walnuts so breadmaking is also turning into a competitive sport. He has also
scrubbed the cockpit clean of the tell tale remains of far too much good food
spilt when rogue waves prove too much for the food / plate balancing skills that
we are all developing. Graham continues to decode the weather info and keep us
abreast of the positions of the other boats.
As I write
this we have logged just under 950 miles, the temperature is rising and the
flying fish are a regular spectacle. There has been little progress on the
Airfix models but Charlie assures me that he has plenty of white spirit for
cleaning the brushes so no excuse really. I am not sure why he needs the white
spirit as I am not anticipating sprucing up the saloon with any "Farrow and
Ball" before we reach St. Lucia. I guess I will just have to join the blue team
and make that model!
Sunday
30.11.08 1800 GMT - Today we have moved our ship's time back one hour -
the first of four as we head west.
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