Grinding to windwazrd 44.52.08N 30.50.03W
Ellatrout3
Sat 24 May 2014 19:11
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It was promised today that it would becalm you will
see by my typing it definitely is not - very bouncy. Thge calm came during
the night and after some fruitless attempts to keep her going I took the sails
down and went to bed.
With calm I expected warm sun and aday doing things
only possiblew when its quiet. one of those things was to have a wash;
well washing in a level sunlit cockpit is one thing, on a sloping , heaving boat
hanging on withone hand, trying wash with the other while keeping the water
in the bowl is quitew another. Use youre imagination but I AM cleaner,
smell sweeter and feel better even though it took me over an hour. All other
calm weather tasks had to be put aside and we are basically 'grinding to
windward'.the wind is east of south and I can just make a sourth westerly
course, need to get south of the icebergs which is south of my waypoint
Titanic's resting place.
FOOD! my family set me up with loads of packets of
ham and tons of salad for easy meals to start with which is lovely but after 8
or 9 days of ham salad every nighrt I I was glads of a change. Yesterday I
ate the last of the iceberg lettice heart, which was in very good condition
having peeled the leaves progressively from the outside, and threw the last of
the ham overboardhaving gone off before I could eat it, Cucumber and
pepper don't last long once they are started so the salad became progressively
more subsidised as time went on. The bread was very short lived,
particularly the granery which went moldy within a day. The exception was
the whole meal, which I discovered today. I thought to myself I must get
rid of that bread and in the process of tipping the bread over the side in the
bottom of the bag was a wholemeal some of which I had for my lunch today, why it
was fine and the others moldy I don't kow.
TIME!This trip I am working on 'Ships Time' which
means I'm in tune with the sun so ever 15degrees west I put the ships clock back
an hour to keep my working day in tune with the daylight hours; so at the time
of writing I am 30 degrees west it is 5 o clock in the afternoon but in the UK
it is 8pm in the evening. I have found I eat at the rfight time and am
much better for it.The only problem is I have to remember that noon GMT when I
record my position is now 10 O clock in the morning here and will get further
removed
Whiled I have been writing this she has been
crashing and banging to windward complaining that I am not paying her any
attention so I'd better go and check!!!!
Lots of love,
Poppa/Dad/Roger
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