Half Way
Blue Sky's Voyage
George & Michael
Tue 5 Dec 2006 16:59
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Hello Friends
We're about half way there (in miles) at
lunchtime today and we hope the second half will be a little faster with the
good winds we now have.
The white bird with long tail was we think a
red billed tropic bird - a couple of them have been circling round this morning
but didn't dare land for a rest, though they'd have been very
welcome.
We caught another fish and we've decided
that these are probably not rainbow wrasse but dorado aka. mahi-mahi aka.
dolphin fish. Readers will not be surprised to know that we know nothing
whatever about fishing! George turned this one into a superb chowder for dinner
last night.
 Ben wanted to claim the credit for this one
but it was really a team effort and the preferred killing method (cheap alcohol
in the gills) proved very effective, and at 3 Euros a litre for spanish vodka,
quite economical too.
Anyway it's a special day in The
Netherlands, so over to Ruud for a profile and blog:
He there,
I'm Ruud, and today is the day of
Santaclous. He s a man with a mitre and a white beard who lives in Spain and
comes to Holland once a year on his steamboat with and his 'zwarte pieten'
they are there helpers who help him put the presents for the kids in the
chimney.
because the British on board are not
familiar with Santaclous I have taught them this song
sinterklaas kapoentje,
gooi wat in mijn schoentje
gooi wat in mijn laarsje,
dank u sinterklaasje.
They already know it rather well, but i'm
afraid sante will not come out here to bring them presents!
Voor de hollanders
De dag begon tegek. Grote dolfijnen voor de
boeg. Daarna vliegende vissen en het ontbijt was bacon met eggs en iets
rostieachtigs.
Vandaag hebben we last van wat squals.
Snelle korte depressies. Dus veel met de zeilen aan de gang. Er kwam een squal
aan , we lieten als een gek de zeilen zakken en toen was er thee.
Dit is overigens geen reden voor
ongerustheid. Het gaat goed alleen schieten we vandaag niet echt
op.
Groet,
Ruud
kus voor Inge, Carmen en Thomas
And we had our first real Atlantic Squall -
a free deck wash and 40 knot winds - all under control though. Barnie was on
watch so he put his swimmers on and the rest of us retired below for afternoon
tea until it had calmed down...
Best Wishes
George, Michael and the crew
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