28 March 2011 4 days at ssea
The EJ's Voyage
Mike Everton-Jones
Mon 28 Mar 2011 16:43
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These past few days will not be remembered as our
most glorious sailing ones in our history!
We have been under this immense thick carpet of
clouds for two days now with heavy rain downpours from time to time. Very
miserable. The only thing that differentiate this from being in the Solent is
the warm temperature! On the plus side, our decks are being kept clean and there
is no need to water our "garden"! We are growing basil, mint, cilantro
(Panamanian coriander) and of course our Buddha plant which has just exploded
and is looking like a mini tree now. We are very proud of our garden which has
made other sailors we've met very envious...
The long Pacific swells are rocking us sometimes
not too gently (!) but otherwise the ocean is calm. No wonder with all the rain
we are having!
Still motoring as we are yet to find the wind. Our
latitude is 4 degrees 52' and according to the GRIB files we will have to go
down to 6 degrees.
All I can say is that the Marquises are still a
very long way away!!!
Otherwise all is good onboard. Had Chicken and
cauliflower with homemade cheese sauce last night for dinner.
Fish on the menu tonight as Mike has caught a small
but nice Mahi-Mahi early this morning!
Hopefully by the time I will write the blog
tomorrow the sun will have reappeared and the wind will be blowing!
Love
M+C
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