Day 11 - We are halfway !
Sawsealady
David Moore
Wed 6 Dec 2006 13:21
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Day 11 -
We are halfway
At about 5 o'clock this morning we
were all elated by crossing the "Halfway Across the Atlantic" line.
Unsurprisingly this was noted by our SatNav rather than a white line across
the ocean with an icecream and souvenir shop. Before we reached this milestone
our peaceful night of mountainous seas and force 6 winds was rudely interrupted
by a wind shift requiring us to gybe. By the time our crack crew swung into
action, the forsail had swung itself around the forstay several times, making a
sort of tangled mess only seen in a book of knots. Fortunately, this was
all resolved with a lot of swearing, shouting and pulling any pieces of
rope that came to hand. Having then crept back to bed our night was further
interrupted by a small squall and torrential downpour requring more "crew
action". Come daylight we were pleased to see that the decks are now sparkling
clean, so at least there's one less job to do today. Our wildlife survey of the
Atlantic took a turn up yesterday when we were joined by a pod of porpoises off
the starboard bow. At least a dozen "Flippers" overcame the incessant whine from
our prop shaft to entice the crew above decks for 10 minutes. Needless to say as
soon as any camera lens was produced they swam off, although Oscar assures me
that he has video footage of one doing a backflip and eating out of his hand -
tho' I doubt we'll ever see it. We are still on the look out for whales but
hopefully will not literally "run-into-one" as another ARC boat did yesterday,
sustaining light damage. Meanwhile life on the ocean wave continues, fuelled by tinned food
accompanied by the last of the cabbage and washed down with water. So now
it's St Lucia here we come for Sawsea Lady..
Rick
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