The morning started out with the already usual small squall and a slight refreshing rain. As we are sailing further south with only 1090 miles to go, it's getting very

warm. Today it was around 33 C. Once the crew were up and had their Fruit and Fibre cereal, it was time to get to the task of the morning - sunbathing!

We were on a perfect direct course for St. Lucia, the wind was steady at F5 with the autopilot on the helm. Out came the sun lotion, on went Cesaria Evora and

the boys worked on their tans. As if something was not yet perfect in Paradise, Neil went down to the saloon and returned with an interesting bag. Then he gave

a short speech about how a strong and motivated team should have special uniforms to unite them even more. He told us about how he used a top international

buying consultant named Tia Booger from the House of Kirkham to select the special uniform trunks, so we decided to do a fashion show on ESCAPADA for

you today. Thank you Tia for your outstanding choice.

 

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You might think we have nothing else to do. Well, that is not so. Sailing is hard work, especially if the wind does not want to cooperate to help you stay on course at

top speed (an absolute requirement from Captain Flagpole).  The wind shifted and calmed down in the afternoon reducing our speed and making it impossible to

maintain course, so we finally decided to finally put up the Parasailor (again).