Slowly Beating South

We have now been beating south in light winds for two days
as we continue to get SW winds and await the elusive trade winds to take us
west to St Lucia. The forecast is for the winds to die tomorrow with
light easterlies further south on Wednesday so we will continue our current
course for another day. If they don’t hurry up and come we may end
up going to Antarctica instead! We are still enjoying ourselves but getting very frustrated.
We appear to have made better progress then most other boats our size in
heading south so fingers crossed we are right. It is starting to get
really hot so we are grateful for the slightly hazy skies. We are all starring
to lose our inhibitions and wearing less and less clothes but I am pleased to
say we have been sensible with sun tan lotion and no one has burnt.
Yet... Still no fish other than another flying fish, the boats
further north in the storms seem to be catching lots but say it is too rough to
cook them so I would still rather be here in the calm. We did have an
evil looking bird with big sharp claws which hung around on deck for an hour or
so we were glad when he left. We are still eating well, no one is complaining about the
lack of meat and the steaks at the bottom of the fridge remain uneaten.
Last night was a bit rough so we used the dog bowls for the first time, apart
from Toby who refused. These are recommended to prevent spills and seemed
really good to me. Toby has been in charge of light entertainment and has
provided us with our daily comedy hour. We have now finished Cabin
Pressure series one and are due to move on to Clare in the Community. It
is now classical music hour. |