Spartan life
SPALAX
Marjan Golobic
Thu 3 Dec 2009 10:41
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Living conditions on the Spalax are spartan. The
fridge is turned off permanently (yes, we dring warm beer). The engine
is run only to charge the batteries for navigation lights and satellite
communication. Dirty dishes are washed in two buckets of salt water in the
cockpit. Fresh water is used only for cooking and drinking. Morning ablutions
are done from a plastic bottle (of fresh water). Showers are in the
form of buckets of the Atlantic Ocean dumped over one's head while sitting
or kneeling on the cockpit floor. Life on the Spalax may be spartan, but we eat
like emperors: fresh tuna en papillotte, crepes suzettes a la confiture, chicken
medallions aux champignons et sauce creme.
Yesterday we celebrated the passage of the mid-way
point with rum punch and mashed potatoes and ham stakes in egg batter. The mood
is really upbeat, and everyone is enjoying the warm sunny weather. The
easterly wind of 18 knots persists, but the seas have calmed down and the Spalax
is no longer rodeoing on the choppy seas but is gently being rocked by the
longer Atlantic swell.
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