Getting there
Gertha4
Simon Ridley
Sun 22 Jun 2008 20:17
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38:17.8N 31:11.09W
Course: 95 degrees
Speed: 7.5 knots
Wind speed: 20 knots from west
At around midnight the wind came back and we've
been enjoying it's charming company throughout the day. Back up to speed
and back on course we should be seeing land for the first time in 16 days
by first light tomorrow and should be setting up camp in Horta by the
afternoon. We hope to have the video camera rolling as we step off the boat as
the sight of us stumbling around on dry land should prove to be highly
entertaining.
Today we did a bit more dolphin spotting and Nigel
has been past a couple of times with Nigella. We also had our first encounter
with a real rareity in these parts: the lesser spotted sailing boat. Indeed it
was the first sight of canvas belonging to anyone other than Gertha that we have
seen since we left the Caribbean and it proved to be highly exciting for us.
They called us up for a chat on the VHF and we like totally learnt
that they were from Newport, Rhode Island. Awesome! As if! They were so on
their way to eating waffles in a mall somewhere.
Laura was chef at lunchtime and did a great job
convincing the unmeltable tinned cheese to melt into a yummy pasta bake and Kate
is now getting creative with some tinned chicken. With any luck we will be
eating at a table tomorrow night where the food will actually stay put and
someone else will do the washing up.
Until next time, farewell from us smelly and salty
ones.
Lucy
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