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Thula - day 17



Day 17

The sixteenth day of our journey lies behind us and again we got one little step closer to our final destination. By now, we are only about 350 more miles from the shore – a tiny distance taking into account all the miles we have travelled so far. On the one hand, it is evident that we are all awaiting our arrival in St Lucia with great anticipation. After all, the reunion with family and friends, a motionless and spacious bed, a sinfully long shower, some private time and an unrestricted activity radius are all prospects that appear very attractive after almost three weeks at sea (we are probably the only boat on which the departure from the boat will result in a immediate downgrade in the food variety and quality; yesterday, on day 16 (!!!) of our trip, we, for example, had an excellent Vitello Tonnato for lunch and an Indonesian Fish Laksa for dinner). On the other hand, however, for most of us, the arrival in St Lucia also directly precedes our return to our normal everyday lives, to problems and challenges that we might have gladly forgotten or pushed aside in the last weeks and a usually quite hectic (and cold!!!) Christmas time. By now, we have become so used to our boat routine and the way in which we just live on a day-by-day basis that it would be easy to continue like that for another couple of days, weeks, years…

Now that we are closing in on St Lucia we are also starting to cross path with other ARC boats again. For the last 36 hours, we had another, smaller boat tailing us just out of sight. I cannot deny that it filled me with a slight sense of pride when we learnt over the radio that they had had surprisingly little luck with their fishing. When we told them in turn that we had to discontinue our fishing efforts a couple of days ago since we still had too much fish in our fridge the radio connection suddenly broke off…

Otherwise, the day yesterday passed without any major incidents. The sun was shining, winds were steady and the Thula lounge area was well frequented. In anticipation of our arrival in St Lucia, we held a little Caribbean warm-up celebration in the evening. With steel drum music pounding from our outside speakers, we enjoyed our first sip of rum coke, a couple of ice-cold beers and some Cuban cigars. Now, we are finally ready for our arrival!!

Many wishes from the Thula,

Jakob


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