Amaris sails the world
November 26, 2013
16.25.06N
38.55.14 W
Atlantic Ocean
The Plague
We were somehow exposed to the plague just before
we left - All our produce yesterday was covered with mold! I blame this on
the pineapples - they get around. I mean honestly - do you know of a Thai
dish without pineapple? Chinese? they are on Hawaiian Pizza - so I
think that throws in Italy, and the Pacific Islands - how do they do all this
without contracting something. Then sure enough, put them in the dark with
some other fruits/vegetables and they pass their disease all around.
Imagine flaccid carrots covered in green powder. Certainly not natural in
any way. Sweet potatoes with the same in their crevices... and the
cabbage - how did they get involved - honestly!
After re-scrubbing and drying everything - we hope
to be back on the mend. Although we are realizing the end is near for all
the produce. I think we are one coleslaw away from the end of the
cabbage. We have had a good talking to with the potatoes and expect better
of them. Mangoes are done today as are the lemons. We may get a few
days from the apples. Honestly a sad state without a produce stand in our
future... for at least 10 days anyway.
On a brighter note, our spinnaker is still up after
our 4th patch job. We were able to leave it up over the night with a firm
watch cycle that involved doubling up on our watches and running a flashlight
over the entire surface every 10 minutes. This boat handles well under
spinnaker alone. Although we are not to our noon sighting yet - we may
have had a 175 mile day yesterday. (I suppose it may help that yesterday
was one of our "set your clocks back" days. We are now on the same time
zone as Eastern Brazil! I suppose we should have Brazilian food tonight
for dinner... just not sure what that is...