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Quasar V of Lleyn - Quasar V's log 26.1.09



Monday 26th January 2009

 

FINESSING ONES VEHICLES

 

Even though the wind has been lightening in strength all morning, there appears to be a lethargy amongst the crew.  It?s really spinnaker weather again, but another sail change?!  No one can bear to change the sails AGAIN.  I wonder around the cabin and note that everyone?s energy is firmly fixed on finessing their vehicles.  Ian has fitted lights, a steering wheel and other such gadgetry on his green race car; Sam?s self propelled water bottle is starting to look more like a car, a sleek looking bonnet having been fitted; Linds has been working solidly on her sail boat, measuring the rigging, fitting the masts etc.  Malcs is reading his book having tossed his vehicle aside, disgusted at it?s inability to propel itself ? back to the drawing board then.

 

I go on the SSB for the 12 noon radio schedule to take a note of other boats positions and for an idle chat, gleaning information from them as to their sail plans, progress, wind strength etc.  We?re slowly catching up with the group ahead but we need the spinnaker up.  No one seems to be interested as drills are whirring, hammers tapping, sandpapers rasping, heads scratching, heavy sighs exhaling.

 

It is only after lunch that Malcolm is spurred in to action agreeing that it is indeed spinnaker time ? HOORAY up she goes with practised ease.  We add 1.5 knots to our speed.

 

Malcolm has been moaning about the amount of forlorn looking apples in the fruit bowl and so I decide to do an apple crumble for dessert tonight.  Simple plan, only I make the assumption we have more flour than we have in fact got; the consequence being that the crumble just isn?t crumbly.  With a gloopy, buttery, sugary mix all over my hands I ask Sam to add lots of porridge oats to bolster the dryness of the mix.  It just wasn?t working.  Mmmmm?.I chose to ignore it and went on to the main course; I had found some delicious looking fillet steaks buried in the freezer.  But the crumble, which wasn?t a crumble, haunted my every move in the galley. Even hiding it with copious amounts of custard couldn?t disguise its heavy stickiness.

 

Night watches commence and the spinnaker is still up?..watch this space for tonight?s activities on the foredeck.

 

Position @ 0700 26.1.09: 13.35S 26.06W




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