Hot Hot Hot !!!15.23.15N 56.17.68W
Kantara Atlantic Odyssey
Andy Hemens
Tue 6 Dec 2011 20:34
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Hello all
Its now getting very hot. The boat is like a sauna
and if you spend too long on deck you get frazzeld by the sun . We're all
getting a bit lethargic and struggling to get up and moving . The wind is very
light now ,about 5knts and comming from the west, which is where St Lucia is so
that's not good as we are tacking and making 4knts towards it. The sea is very
flat and very blue and the sky is clear so stargazing is what occupies us on the
night watch , we just had a pod of about 20 dolphins come and join us for an
hour. They put on a fantastic display of acrobatics for us . We also caught a
large barracuda for tonight's supper, we are all getting a bit fed up with fish
now and looking forward to a change of diet on land. I am craving some macaroni
cheese and the lads are craving goat curry.
St Lucia is only 280 Nm away now but we are
approaching very slowly so its going to take a few more days. We have started to
see a more ARC boats now and last night at sundown a large cruise ship went by
on its way to Barbados. We imagined them all sitting down to a sumptuous dinner
with a nice cold glass of wine as we sipped on warm water and ate vegetable
chili con carne ( I know but the rations are getting low ,it was that or peanut
butter and cream cheese wraps )
We are all thinking of stopping the boat and going
for a swim tonight before dinner to cool off , we have put our watches on
Caribbean time now. We are 4 hours behind GMT. The sun was starting to rise at
10am in the morning so we thought we ought to do something about it . Hoping to
get some wind in next 12 hours to speed us on our way . hope all is well in UK .
can someone e mail me the fotball scores , Arsenal, Brighton, Man city ,
chelsea,and man U please .
Bye for now
Joe
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