thurs 16th 016.16N 031.13W
Tikka
Thu 16 Nov 2017 20:20
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016.16N 0031.13W
Hi All
DF Day 11 on the big brothers Boooat,I
need to take you all back to the Las Palmas to Mindelo leg of our trip,its
regarding the pod of teenage dolphins that we spotted loitering around the
corner shop...it turns out that having regaled the story to Lucy of
Flying she confidently informed us that the dolphins were probably
Pilot Whales who apparently are known to carry blades and can be quite nasty
pieces of work responsible for a lot of blags and muggings,so best
not to mess with them. Awoke this morning to the sound of not a lot
of breeze and and Tikka tip toeing along,so rang through to the galley for
tea in my cabin, amazingly a cup of steaming hot char arrived curtsey of
MB some minutes later....happy days......After breakfast I decided it was
time to give Tikka a little polish so spent most of the day with a scrubber
(fnarr fnarr) and a bottle of Cif... tomorrow i'm going to do the
port side .
MB Today was really interesting. Got
up, had a cup of tea. Read some of my book. Watched Dave polish the deck. Read
my book. Watched Dave polish the deck. Read my book. Had lunch. Had a beer. Read
my book. Watched Dave polish the deck. Read my book. Fell a sleep. Watched Dave
polish the deck. Had a beer. Read my book. Watched Dave polish the deck. Had a
beer. Had supper. Went to bed. Really looking forward to tomorrow.
TB Interesting day watching DF with his
scrubber. Very impressed with his perseverance and the topside is gleaming on
the starboard side- cant wait to see the port side coming up to the same
standard tomorrow. Sheppard's pie went down well yesterday and has appeared to
clean the tanks with good effect. Lots of reading today and looking forward to
film night with Rush -James Hunt / Nikki Lauda 1976 F1 season - watched the
British GP that year with my Mum at Brands Hatch ! FB has done a chili tonight -
another yum yum gastronomic extravaganza
 Really enjoyed Back Gammon and Chess games with
FB this afternoonMF TB has been really good at
Watches this trip but this morning i had to give him a prod i think its an
indication that were all getting into our routines or there was to much vino at
movie club
TB has got the meridian sights nailed so we are today
within 5 miles of GPS FG has tried hard today but no fish supper i
finished my book and i think we are all settled. dont say anything but ive been
watching wind pick up its been above 10k just seen 15k shhhhh
dont say nothing
FB one more day gone ..,, still no wind we only average 4-5 kt
under sail and a good 6-7 when engine also on , we need couple of day of good
wind so we can make it to Barbados in time for MB flight and most important we
are risking of running out of beers at this slow pace ,!!!!!!
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