Day six Galap to Marq
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Sat 31 May 2008 13:51
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04:27.47S
101:59.77W
More Milk Shake !
Hi Folks,
Its frothy man , well there was a whole lot more
shaking going on last night we all thought we had been on in the tumble dryer ,
large swells from the SE with Zephyr ploughing on through the cross swell like a
go faster tractor , the boat speed was good and we are still averaging seven
knots with the Yankee poled out .
I have a tale to tell of the "Phantom Snicker
Nicker" , yesterday afternoon we were discussing the time change as the
clocks were to go back as we have moved another time zone , somebody mentioned a
cup of tea and a snack bar would be a nice treat , we new there was the last
Snicker choc bar in the fridge that had remained unconsumed since Panama
City , we thought it would be nick to cut it into four with our afternoon
tea ! Chef of the day Rob went below and scurried to the galley , we looked in
the fridge and low and behold it was gone , an immediate kangaroo court was
assemble to extract a confession from the guilty party , whilst the three of us
were discussing when the snicker had last been seen , a sheepish Rob popped his
head up and with a cheeky schoolboy grin admitted to the dastardly deed , we
were all disappointed at the early confession as we were quite looking forward
to the "mess deck layers convention" as we used to call it in the Navy , it
was revelled that in a moment of weakness Rob who had been eyeing up the snicker
in the fridge along with Chris was the first to pounce , Chris was miffed
because he had his eye on it too , so was probably just as guilty ! the banter
on this one will linger on I fear ..
A good day on the fishing front yesterday with four
catches of Dorado , we kept two for the fridge and released two back , it must
have been a slay ride being towed behind this thing a seven to eight knots ,
which blows the theory that you can only catch fish at five knots or below
!
Called Rhythm last night they are within 800 nm of
the Marquises , and 21 days out so another six seven days should see
them in to Hivo Oa , I think they will be glade to get there as they are down to
there last 200 litres of fresh water !
Well folks will keep you posted on snack
raiding as there are only a few cereal bars left in the nibbles cupboard
.
The Snickerless Crew of three and the bloated
Snicker Nicker
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