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Hot Stuff - Fairies of the Lost Arc - Chapter 14



We hope this will be our penultimate blog - working on the ETA of Tuesday dawn. Champagne breakfast anyone?

It's 7pm on Sunday evening - day 21. The moon's shining beams on the rolling swell are so beautifully overwhelming and we are following them towards the horizon, and towards the end of our epic journey. We follow this path in awe of how breath taking the ocean's night sky can be.

We are feeling very blessed to have come this far virtually unscathed, when we know so many of our fellow mariners have had their fair share of problems.

 

We started our day as we have done the last 20 - chatting about food. In fact we think about 90% of our conversations have revolved around our stomachs. We now have the first weeks food and drink on land planned in the minutest detail - from the condensation dripping off the beer glasses to the condiments served with our Dominoes Xtra Large Stuffed Crust Pizza.

 

We have tried to give our audience a real insight into life on-board through our blogs over the last three weeks. We hope it has been informative and that those of you who have done the crossing before can relate to it. Unfortunately we have now exhausted our heroic tales of landing fish and entertaining playbacks but. However nostalgia is in the air and we can describe to you the steps of how we found ourselves travelling 2500 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean, and just about kept our sanity ...

 

#1. At the age of 14 have an insane dream that you might sail the Atlantic one day.

#2. Wait 4 decades.

#3. Have a small midlife crisis.

#4. Realise that time is running out and one must take action.

#5. Still not satisfied after buying sports car, toyboy, tattoo and personal trainer take control and make a dream come true.

#6. Contemplate spending three week aboard a yacht with five hairy fishermen.

#7. Computer says no - reject idea.

#8. Contemplate spending three weeks with eight equally crazy and even hairier women.

#9. Absolutely excellent idea.

#10. Scour internet for appropriate sailing company. Find 'girlsforsale' and immediately receive message from IT department at work stating that an inappropriate search has been made. *girlsforsail.

#11. Rejoice and book every single course from now till kingdom come in preparation for your adventure.

#12. Celebrations continue in marine superstore and you leave half a year’s wages poorer. 'All the gear no idea' - definitely not me!

#13. After shopping ignore packing list completely - live to regret deeply.

#14. Arrive in Las Palmas with absolutely no clue what you are getting yourself in for on this wonderful adventure that lies before you.

#15. Spend a week in seminars in preparation for adventure. Leave extremely well informed on dismasting, first aid and other problems - and completely freak out.

#16. Calm nerves with beer.

#17. Repeat #16.

#18. Spend approximately twelve hours in supermarket choosing the most delicious nutritious canned food. Selections such as beef curry, chickpeas, beans, beans and bean selections.

#19. Spend 17 hours delicately washing, drying and wrapping individually every piece of fruit and veg on board. Spend 90% of this time heaving all fruit and veg inside, then out to avoid rain.

#20. Befriend man in chandlery where you spend numerous hours purchasing assorted screws, shackles, spinny blocks etc.

#21. Pack up the boat in a systematic and methodical way - where is my one of 100 lists again?

#22. Repeat #16. Add tequila.

#23. Wake up on the morning of departure and realise that you will have no opportunity to shower again for 3 weeks - aah!!!

#24. Final preparations are made for departure and realise that there is no going back.

#25. Wish #16 could be repeated!

#26. Set off on epic epic epic adventure.

 

And here we are!

With love and fairy dust from the Girls4Sail crew on Hotstuff.

 



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