BETELGEUSE Friday 18/11/22
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49.02.2 4.07.0W Today we spent the morning reviewing our safety drills with special
attention to our man overboard drills. Hopefully
we will never need to use what we have practiced! The decks were given a thorough washing down
at the same time, as some heavy showers have been passing over the marina. Scenes in the mercado, shopping for fruit and veg were
amazing, with Claire directing the purchases of a huge amount of local produce. With Will’s Spanish language skills ensuring
that we knew apples from oranges, we are pretty sure that the final “store ship”
will be done tomorrow. A well-established ARC tradition is to paint the name of
your boat on the rocks near the harbour mouth, and there are some amazing works
of art along the promenade of ARC boats going back at least 10 years. Of course we had to add to that artwork, with
our own rendition of the Mona Lisa. We
hope that the picture gives a good idea of what the team achieved this
afternoon. We are off for our final dinner ashore tonight, but it is
unlikely that it will come anywhere near the standard of cooking on board, with
the most amazing fajitas from Will last night, and an awesome salad thanks to
Charlotte at lunch. If this quality of
food continues, we will need to slow down on the passage to digest the amazing
food. By Richard ![]() |