For once I write at daytime. It is raining outside
and it has done so since this morning.
Last night was a firework from nature that was hard
to beat.
We where never under those clouds but they make me
nervous. I just hate thunder and lightning.
Ellinor is not worried at all. So we have an
agreement, when we are right under the lightning she goes up, I go down.
There is a good reason for that, other than she likes it... Statistically men
are hit by lightning in a ration of 8 to 2. So if Ellinor is up our odds are
better. Right?
Believe it or not but now we are stressed sailors,
we push Salsa as much as we dare, for two reasons, one to get out of this area
before the big show starts on thursday, the thunder and lightninng is going to
be very intense. The other reason is that there will be an almost no wind
situation on this side of the 50W. So we are aiming and hoping the forecast is
right, to be at the 50th W before thursday pm. That requires that we can sail in
7 knots almost all the time.
21.00 The writing continues
Just in front of us there is a tanker, it is really
great to see some light, some sign of life other than fly fish and some
birds.
We have not seen any boats for at least 4 days or
so. Imagine what it must have been like when this earth was populated by
1000.000
Homo Sapiens! What a sensation to meet a new
person! Probably a lot of emotions involved, fear, enthusiasm etc.
Rock and Roll
For those that have never sailed on the big blue I
will try to give a picture of the motion on board (not emotion for
now).
Today it has been extremely hard on life, the waves
rock the boat side to side, resulting in a circular power going both
ways.
The motion. First of all waves do not follow a
pattern, it looks like it but after 2000 waves you get one that is different,
and that's the one who catches you in midair. So how do you adapt to this
motion? Very well actually, you stop thinking about it, until you have to do
something. Because you have only one hand left for doing it. Unless you sit
down. The most used item on board is friction mats, they are used when building
LEGO and they are used when washing the dishes. But there are funny situations
where you leave one thing at a place and it is gone. Like the wireless mouse for
the computer, that starts to move the cursor with the waves. Less funny it is
when we eat.
Everybody has to hold on to everything, and when a
child drops something, you try to catch it, and realize that your own meal is on
the floor.
In the galley (kitchen on a boat), the design is
made so you can secure your body and cook with both hands.
In the head (toilet on board) it is not. Everybody
has to sit:
- WHAT THE...! Andreas did you just go to the
toilet?!!!
-Yes?
-DID YOU SIT?
-No, I'm a boy
-But look here! It is all over the
place!
-Yes?
- At least imagine what would happen to your... if
the ring drops on it.
-It won't
-Why?
- I look at it so it stays up
Narcissism must be something that get stuck when
you are four and a half.
Smell on board
No I'm not going to give you funny details on how
we smell when we try to save water. Yet we have a luxurious life, with four
watertanks that contain a ton of water (together) we are on the luxury
side.
No the sensation of smell is becoming more
sensitive out here.
I was steering for more than an hour today, reason
being that we have found out that our autopilot goes banana when we charge the
batteries. So now when we charge I steer. Standing by the wheel looking at the
ocean with a temperature that is about 26 degrees C, it feels unreal, and then
when Ellinor put bread in the oven it was like the whole ocean smelled fresh
bread! Great sensation!
Good watch!