Day 4 - The Art of Sleeping "23:54.89N 29:18.77W"

Katherine
Lee and Andrew
Sat 1 Dec 2012 09:46
DAY 4:
Sleep suddenly takes on a whole new level of importance when your on four
hour shifts and nothing stays still. Our third cabin is set up for passage
making and works well with the bunks and lee cloth but the second rear cabin we
knew would present a challenge. So unless you have the grip of a gecko or the
reflexes of a startled cat and can propel your leg at the right moment whilst
asleep then the safest and most comfortable option has proved to be to wedge
oneself between the bed and the wall on a mattress. Then no matter how much we
roll you have a chance of sleep!
We have developed some games to keep ourselves amused one is to calculate
the exact time we cover 640nm each time, that is the distance of the Sydney to
Hobart yacht race. After 3 Days and 20 mins we covered the first 640nm only
three and a bit more S –H to go.
Another mile stone for Katherine was that she has now covered 4000nm since
launching in April this year so she will have covered almost 6000 before we get
to the other side.
Last night Pete made his chicken surprise which was magnificent, was a
baked dish with Chicken, Mushrooms and Potato in a sauce made from his secret
ingredients, we know there was chorizo, tomato, peppers etc. but the rest must
remain the secret of the chef.
All going well so far, we keep looking at the main sail and thinking of a
way to get it back up there but it is not likely to go back unless things change
and we get a lull in the breeze and can fabricate a good fix, at this stage we
are still making good time without it.
Will post some photos soon but having some problems getting the Sat PC to
read the USB stick
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