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Tioram 4
Tina & Tony
Fri 14 May 2010 18:16
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Time 12:24 Friday 14th May
Hello from Tioram
Life has been good on the high seas over the last
24 hours. We sailed north in a decreasing breeze yesterday afternoon but with
calm seas and sunshine it gave us a chance to dry out and do some domestic
chores. Those followers of the blog with an atlas will be no doubt confused by
our inability to turn right to the Azores. This is because the Azores high is
well north at the moment and as there is no wind in the middle of it we have to
work our way over the top. This is made more complcated by two small highs being
situated over Bermuda which effectively blocks the way. The forecast this
morning indicates that except for 12 hours of head winds tomorrow we should be
able to break into westerly winds by tomorrow night. The wind finally gave out
about 4:00pm yesterday afternoon so we motor sailed to 6:00 in the morning when
the wind filled in from the west. Now we have the cruising chute up in 10 knots
and are heading NE. The right way for once. A day more and we shouldhave these
winds the rest of the way.
We passed a Norwegian boat, Tallwind, last
night and had a good chat with them. They are headed for the
Azores also. Then at 8:00 am this morning the radio sprang to life with an
impromptu chat wih several UK boats all around us. Most were stopping at Bermuda
which is about 120 miles north for fuel. Tioram has big tanks so no need for us
to do that.
In the calm conditions last night skip allowed the
crew a first beer which went down well and off watch James watched The Bourne
Identity on the TV in the media suite. The on watch at the time are working on
reprisals!
Needless to say there is not much to report from
the crew. Tina cooked frankfurter ala pasta last night when we forgot to take
the meat out of the freezer early enough to defrost. Food supplies are lasting
well which is good as James is definately making up for 110 days of compo
rations. John's sunburnt knees have been allowed to see the sun again and Malte
has at last found the shower.
The Ula award is a tough one today as very little
has been going on. A secret meeting of the committee decided that the award
should be for cleanliness and is jointly awrded to James for cleaning the cooker
and Malte for personal hygiene.
Cheers from Tioram.
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