or two...
Rhapsode
Tue 26 Oct 2010 13:02
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24 39 N 19 07 W
More dolphins on Michael's watch this morning. One
even somersaulted for him. That now leaves Andrew as the the dolphin virgin for
this trip. One very small Exocet commited hari kiri on the deck overnight. He
was duly buried at sea with full honours since he was to small to fry and put in
a butty for the captain.
'Treasure Island' has been my constant companion
since leaving Marina Rubicon. I think old Robert Louis S got it wrong when he
gave Ben Gunn the words ' cheese mainly, toasted'. Hadn't he heard of pork
pies?
We've now done all the westing we need and gybed
this morning and so we are now heading directly for the CVIs. If all goes well
we should arrive on Sunday (31st).
It was a very wet afternoon yesterday. Waves kept
slopping (or should that be flopping? Just a minute, I'll go and consult my copy
of Nelson's lexicon. No, he doesn't seem to have it. Clearly waves didn't slop
or flop in Nelson's day) into the cockpit and even one or two managed to soak
the floor of the main cabin. This didn't do the cabbages any good. Not surprsed
at that - it would have done pork pies no good either. Perhaps it's just as well
I don't have any - would have hated to see them go to waste.
Whaddya mean - go to waste. Wot's wrong with a
salty pork pie??!!
Had a go at bread making this morning. It's taking
its time about rising so I think this one will go down as a 'valuable lesson'!
But whilst I wait the boys are serenading us on their guitar. Very
relaxing.
Happy sailing.
P, M & A
(Just as well our intials aren't P, M,
T)
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