Absent Crew
Christine's Atlantic Circuit
Peter Lansdale
Wed 2 May 2018 16:46
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27:28.9N 064:34.3W
Day 4 - from The Wide Sargasso Sea
The previously absent crew member reporting.
As you know, it was farewell to Puerto Rico after a last goodbye to beautiful
Old San Juan. A safety and RULES** briefing from Skip and off we go.
a frisky first day saw us all trying to settle in and find our sealegs whilst I
lost my stomach for a day or two (well I needed to) but now hopefully on
song. The 3 hours on 6 off watch system is good as is the "Mother
Watch" system of catering. we keep hoping for a fish supper, but since
catch to date has been Sargasso weed, a Plan B is always advisable
** A propos of RULES, we are still waiting for the
penalty lashing system to be advised, the more so since Skip was noticed not
adhering to same this morning.
There has been fun and excitement along the way
thus far; Manuela and Ian are a delightful addition to the crew and are
proving invaluable. Watch this space!
As of this morning we have passed the half way mark
to Bermuda and Skip and No. 2 have gone below for a celebratory kip whilst we
girlies scrub the deck (another potential lashing faces us as we inadvertently
doused the skipper mid-kip).
A few pics:
Written by Lynn (obviously) but being sent by the
skipper as it is too rough to add to this email. We are hard on the wind,25kts+
in a very rough sea but are now about to pass the two thirds of the way to
Bermuda point.
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