How to get a man excited!
ULA
John & Jackie Richards
Sat 29 Nov 2008 13:06
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Position 019:45.884N 025:14.374W
How to get a man excited, or even two at once?
Take one fishing line 30+ metres, one bright orange
lure and a fish on the end at last! Adrian was ecstatic this morning - he's
finally caught a fish for us. He was not looking forward to the promised
keel-hauling if we had none for dinner tonight and finally delivered the
goods this morning at around 9.45am. He and Andrew were like a couple of
excited school kids. We hope he is now on a roll for more!
Ula had a fairly quiet night as the wind died on us
and we glided along averaging only 4-4.5knots with a twin headsail rig. The
No1 jib we have up was a retirement gift from the skipper's colleagues at PwC so
many thanks to you all, it is serving us very well at the moment! The quieter
night enabled the crew to catch up on a few well needed zzzz's when off-watch.
The Alpha watch kept themselves amused with naming all the American states in
alphabetical order and also discovered the fizz buzz for three players problem
while the Bat watch had a virtual tour of the first nine holes of the Royal
course at Vale de Lobo courtesy of Andrew. The back nine are to follow tonight
but at the halfway mark we are only five over par! The rest of the watch
was spent with out ipods.
Around 8.30am this morning we gybed on to a
course of 275/260 degrees magnetic/true heading for St Lucia. We are hoping to
get the trade winds now to take us across and psychologically this has give us a
boost.
Adrian has received the text message from Stella on
the sat phone and says many thanks and is hoping Kimmy is alright
now
We are all fine here and enjoying the sailing and
life aboard. If conditions and the computer battery permit the off watch
crew are having a 'Saturday Night at the Movies tonight. No popcorn though
unfortunately!
The only award in this blog is the 'Pongo
Award' for Andy C for the best smelling deoderant. We're hoping he'll
donate some to Andrew for his deck shoes which now get up and go on watch on
their own!
Love to everyone at home,
Jackie
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