Frustratingly lovely weather.
Neroli
Charles Tongue
Wed 26 Nov 2008 16:32
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24:00.40N
19:34.70W
Frustratingly
lovely weather...........
The weather
continues to get warmer as we head south but the wind is frustratingly
light. We kept the spinnaker up all last night and our noon day run was 108
miles, disappointing but not bad as the wind has rarely exceeded 10kn.
 Dinner for Lou
and the skipper.
talking to
someone called
Dinner last
night was prepared by Charlie and Graham and the immaculately cooked steak,
ratatouille and mashed potatoes were eatento the romantic light of head torches!
Today the wind has gone even lighter and after looking at some weather charts
for the next 5 days we have altered our course to take us closer in to the
coast of Senegal before we skirt just north of the Cape Verde islands and down
to a latitude of about 15 degrees N before heading across towards St
Lucia. The change of course has increased our boat speed to about 6kn
on a broad reach which is more fun even if we are not heading for our final
destination!
Henry's mental
health is still a source of some concern to us but his cooking is so good that
the rest of us have chosen to overlook the problem. We think that it may be put
down to the fact that he is missing Lauren rather badly. We have discovered four
stowaways on board but luckily have plenty of food for everyone. A mechanical
dancing lady called Fatima was found close to the skipper's bunk and a small
monkey is slowly eating his way through our fruit. A small white teddy carrying
a heart has been found in the forepeak looking rather sick; apparently lovesick
rather than seasick. Henry has been heard Coriander but she looks
very much like a Basil plant.
1630 26.11.08
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