What a difference a day makes
Fleck
Thu 31 Jul 2014 12:07
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Thursday 31st July, 2014
Position 47:12.4N 16:03.6W
I'm sure I have purloined this title before, but
it seems appropriate. Today we have sunshine, British summer warmth, and
wind fom the north west: ideal for the UK. We did cheat a bit with the engine
overnight, lifting us from a near flat calm, up a degree of latitude, to this
new airstream. Only 8 knots of wind, but with all the sails set on a beam
reach we are managing 4kts through the water. Good spirits also enhanced by
bread making. Hannah did the weighing out and mixing, the Skipper the kneading,
so if it fails, we can blame each other. This blog is going out a few minutes
early, against all the ship's regulations, so that the crew can get her braces
into the hot bread as soon as she has burned her forearms on the oven door
extracting it!
So, most of my anxieties are in check at present,
and though the water cooling system on the engine remains perplexing, I won't
bore you with the latest chapter.
On the other hand, I think I have found the key
passage in the 'Luminaries'. The heart of the narative. Tried this with 'Snow'
previously, keen blog followers may recall. Anyway one of the protagonists (there are about 12!) says, "If I have
learned one thing from experience it is this: never underestimate how
extraordinarliy difficult it is to understand a situation from another person's
point of view"
Hannah again not feeling up to contributing, but
claims to have emailed her Mum, a quite sufficient contribution to the traffic
in cyberspace, she says! Her humour has been further improved by our home made
Ludo board and dice (nuts, washers, and a hexagonally shafted pencil). One game
each so far, so unfortunately I have had to agree to at least a decider for the
"Ludo at 20 degrees of heel World Championships".
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