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Adina - Day 12 A very large hook and a bake off



Day 12 dawned with the parasailor having done another night of sterling work. What's been good about the parasailor is it has allowed us to steer very deep and hence keep to our rhumb line as the winds swing to the east and are right behind us. In light winds it keeps us going whereas with white sails we'd be going nowhere. We had a good day of trade winds and were bombing along quite nicely, thank you. But life is never a bed of roses and the forecasts are showing a big wind hole come Sunday. We're hanging south in the hope the impact is not too bad but it doesn't seem worth it to go too far south if it's due to pass over in 24-36 hours.

On the fun side, the Great Adina Bake Off is threatening to take off (the Adina boat owners admit they have had to be educated about this programme!). Each person is taking their turn to learn to cook bread. Neil started out with a nice fresh loaf that goes a treat with anything. Lindsay decided to up the odds and has added honey and dried apricots. What next?

Action of the day was the fishing rod shooting out. Everyone now knows their positions - Tom sprints for the rod, Lindsay takes the helm, Gareth goes for the towable generator, Susie is cockpit control passing items needed (deathly alcohol, knives, gloves) and Neil dashes for the stern step to catch the bugger armed with a diving knife. This time the line really took off, our biggest lure was on the end of it. The battle was short lived as our 80kg breaking line snapped clean. We all looked at each other and decided that whatever could do that was something we didn't really fancy taking on, thank you very much.

Life continues onboard, each day we have jobs to do - cleaning the heads, the saloon, the cockpit - hygiene is so important. Engine, generator and rigging checks complete the daily cycle. Plus the galley is an ongoing job we share.

Our eyes are now on the geographical half way which we have decreed will be 40 degrees West. Perhaps a little party onboard Adina. A comment yesterday mentioned the Pogues - I think that calls for a Christmas party too. Any other ideas?

Yesterday's quiz as to who squeals rather loudly is Lindsay who managed to wake Neil from a deep sleep when she saw a particularly large pod of dolphins. Today's is an easy one - who said "Bring me a weather forecaster and bring me our largest rubber mallet" or something to that effect.

This is Adina sailing and baking.





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