Fw: Storyteller, Day
Storyteller
Mon 17 Mar 2008 22:41
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Position 08.06S 112.50W
We have good days and occasionally, not so good
days -- like today. Lavatory blockages are common on boats. Sometimes they are
easy to deal with and sometimes not. Today's was not.Five hours later Sue and I
are recovering from the experience--we won't spoil your next meal by going into
detail.
Last night we were all set up for our reliable
trade wind blowing out of the South East. Much to our surprise, the wind
direction went to due East which pushed us about 30 miles off our course.
However, we still have a long way to go so it doesn't matter too
much.
Bruce, our friendly weather forecaster is also our
best source of news. Last night he gave us a briefing on the Bear Stern banking
problem in the US and so of the flow on effects. Interesting to speculate what
the A$ might be worth by the time we get to the Marquesas in about ten days.He
also told us about the discovery of the wreck of HMAS Sydney.
St Patrick's Day has been a big event for many of
the yachts in the fleet--there seem to be more Irish crew than even Aussies and
Kiwis. They've all had a great day with Guinness and Irish stew and Irish
quizzes to which we knew almost none of the answers. Tony continues to triumph
in the bread baking department, and now with the freezer working again, will be
allowed to resume fishing tomorrow. We had a great tuna curry last night from
the Australian Women's Weekly Curry Book. Tonight it's Pat Knoxes special
eggplant dish with three sauces which will no doubt keep Rosemary and Sue busy
until the cocktail hour. We still have plenty of fresh vegetables including an
enormous pumpkin bought by Mike in a somewhat hungover state.We're
planning hot cross buns for Friday, now that we're such accomplished yeast
bakers.
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