Best ever
Neroli
Charles Tongue
Tue 9 Dec 2008 17:47
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15:42.70N
48:15.00W
Best
ever..............
 Neroli rushing
westwards.
Neroli logged
her best noon day run since leaving Las Palmas. By mid-day today she had logged
161 nm and we are still cracking along at 6 - 7 kn, now with a spinnaker up as
the wind has veered E F4. The wind went a little lighter last night after a
wonderful sunset but Neroli kept ploughing on.
 Tropical
sunset.
We promised to
report more on the cinema extravaganza offered by the skipper yesterday as his
'surprise'. It proved to be a memorable evening. At sunset we enjoyed Kier
Royale made with the best Moet, Foi Gras and smoked salmon on home made
ciabatta bread. After sunset we were invited below by our 'usherette' for hot
dogs with onions. With cinematic 'surround sound' we watched Pirates if
the Caribbean and were served with choc ices on a stick during the
interval. Somehow our intrepid captain managed to keep watch, run the film,
provide refreshments and cook our supper all at the same time. Were there any
complaints? Not really although Graham and Henry thought the usherettes uniform
was rather disappointing and perhaps he film was not the best choice for a boat
load of scaredy cats heading for the Caribbean!
As this is
bashed out we are 740 miles from St Lucia and still making over 7 kn. We have
lost two good fish today which is sad but the weather outlook seems reasonably
good.
Tuesday 09.12.08
1745 GMT
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