from last sunset to sunrise....

Yacana
Wed 10 Dec 2014 18:12

from last sunset to sunrise...

at sunset last night the whole crew was on deck it was the first clear sunset we had seen, the sky was clear , temperature perfect and there was a sense of excitement in our chatter as we realised we had on;y three figures nautical miles to go. We could smell and feel the Caribbean and even for Christoforos one of the clouds on the horizon looked like a palm tree. Then as the rest of the crew went to sleep and our watch took over the sky offered a magnificent spectacle of stars in a moonless sky. We were cruising between 9 and 10 knots with no sound except for the flapping of our sails and the surfing noise of Yacana on the small waves interrupted by the occasional " trim Aref trim " of Pericles followed by the "Lasca Ligo" of Dimitri. Suddenly the moon comes up nd everything is bathed in an unreal silvery light ...a humbling privilege.
The watch is over we go down and grab something to eat before sleeping for 4 hours before we are up again. the other watch was uneventful. Our watch starts again and after a few hours Dimitri decides that we are going to bring down our heavy spinnaker and put up the Orion lighter spinnaker that Don and the rest of the crew had repaired. The operation is delicate in the dark but Dimitri issues very clear orders and procedural steps to all four of us and we needed only to wake up Lefteri. Huge success the heavy spinnaker pulled down and packed and the new one was up in no time as one of the most magnificent sunrises appeared. Dimitri checks the results we are still fourth but we are keeping up with Oakcliff on miles Dimitri has a sparkle in his eye as he says we could still beat him...
the next watch is up we bid them Good morning from Yacana the boat that never sleeps as we go down to lie down for a few hours,
Oh how can I forget a flying fish flew into the small bathroom on the port side !!! No worries, he will join the other flying fish in our frying pan.....
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