Wet Wet Wet

Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Tue 23 Sep 2008 00:24
18:19.00S
172:41.00W
 
Oh so lucky,
 
A good night of wind,rain and the occasional lightning flash, canvassed down to the third reef and part staysail we made steady progress towards Tonga with 3m confused seas lapping at all of Zephyrs quarters , in the cockpit the wind blew the rain right up our rear so there was no hiding  behind spray hoods , the slow down is due to the fact that we don't want to arrive at midnight, we need daylight to enter the fjord ,
South Pacific style , and the only hurricane hole in the South Pacific worth any mention is through a narrow entrance called Galloway narrows .
 Its a bought time our luck ran out with the weather as we have had  dream conditions until now, hope this weather does not persist when Gail,Devyn and the Wellington posse arrive in Tonga we don't want another Boras Bora experience ...
 
I'm the chef today so it submarine cooking fare none of this TV chef bollards just a big pot on the stove and keep it bubbling its called pot mess and anything goes it for breakfast lunch and supper .. brings back memories of the good old  days ... start with the corned dog,followed by a tin of tomatoes, rice , spaghetti  chilli and anything else that comes near to grasping in the cupboard yummy yummy , I did draw the line at the anchovy sauce , the pickled eggs and the dill , so get your lips around this Nigela its the hottest pot in town.
Jamie, Gary and Tony Worral Tompson  if your reading this it a bonus,its cooking at its finest  I think ... but Rick would be proud of me because I put some tinned crab in just for that real seaside feel.
 
An anticipant crew ..with brown bags for afters ..
 
PS
There all asking if we can have a take out tonight !