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Piccolo
Andrew Yates
Wed 20 May 2009 16:42
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The creative cooking competition is about to begin
as Piccolo is running out of fresh produce. Amazed that we still
have peppers, courgettes and onions.....oh and a few shrivelled limes, which we
are saving for the fish we are going to catch, We have eaten very
well albeit it mainly vegetarian due to dislike of crew to tinned
meats. Last night young Mathew excelled himself and cooked a
delicious madras with nan bread.....within a few mouthfuls everyone reached for
the bottle of water and that was after he had added sour cream to take some of
the heat out of it.
Katie is starting to hallucinate we thinks as she
is the only one seeing the Whales as they pop up close to the boat and last
night she saw a meteor! However, when she shouts dolphins they are there
and yesterday we were treated to an amazing acrobatic display from about 30
dolphins around the boat, jumping as high as 7 feet out of the
water.
The engine was put on in the early hours of the
morning when the wind died to the point where the severely reefed main(due to
tear) and poor course (due to wind direction) meant we were making no headway to
the Azores and it all and it became a bit demoralising. Thankfully we have
only used the diesel for a little charging of the batteries so we should be ok
fuel wise. We are trying to sail ESE on a course of 112 but can only
make a course of about 55 or 155 and this varies as the wind swings between ENE
and ESE. The seas have died a bit so early this morning, Heidi and
Mathew set about repairing the sail tear.....Quite the operation, it involved
Acetone, Superglue, a chopping board, sail cloth and we went through 5 needles
but it looks good and now the main is up with only one reef in, waiting for the
wind to allow us to sail a half decent course with some wind that isn't coming
from the direction that we are trying to sail.
As we speak Sam is taking the third loaf of the
week out of the oven and it does smell good......its all a bit of an art with
him so we are expecting great things after Mathew and I just boshed up a couple
of tasty loafs with no skill whatsoever.
Less than 700 miles to go and we should be drinking
in the famous Peter Cafe Sport Bar and preparing our masterpiece painting to add
to the biggest art gallery in the world......any ideas what a piccolo looks
like?
Tune in tomo for more adventures from the good ship
Picollo
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