Strange events at sea 18.37.31N 34.22.11W
Kantara Atlantic Odyssey
Andy Hemens
Mon 28 Nov 2011 19:52
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Hi all,
We had a series of strange events today. First of
all Jasons bedroom was ransacked overnight-pants towels shirts and bedding was
everywhere but then we realized that ever since I was thrown out of his
boudoir things had not been the same in that part of the boat. The reason for my
ejection was based on a false accusation that I had been stealing his sweets
that he had been hiding in the cupboard. Jason then went on to dress like a pole
dancer for the day-which of course has alarmed his shipmates. We have kept him
on the helm for most of the day so that we could see his hands!
Another strange phenenon is that everytime Andy
sleeps the battery charge plummets.Either he has electronic instruments in his
bedroom that require lots of power or all of his shipmates rush to charge their
phones, put the autohelm on and run the fridge. I am going to begin an official
inquiry when I get to St Lucia.
The boy did well though with Kantara covering
nearly 200 miles today. Unfortunately that is far too fast for the fish. We
hooked another today just as the boat hit a gust which took us over ten knots
and separated us from our supper again.We have our halfway supper planned for
tomorow with fresh tuna on the menu so when Andy is asleep,we are going to take
the sails down and fish. Four knots is the ideal speed for fishing which may
cost us a place or two in the race -but who gives a SH* when fresh fish has to
be served with our chilled champagne-oh yes and we are going to have to run the
fridge all day tomorrow to get the champagne to that critical
temperature.
We shuold pass the halfway mark tomorrow and we
will be celebrating with dinner and a glass of bubbly. We will be toasting all
of our loved ones at about 6pm GMT tomorrow (Tuesday).
Best wishes to all who are following
us.
Mike
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