ARC Europe Bermuda - Azores Day 11
We are now just into our last 24 hours before arrival Horta, and just for a change we have 40 kts plus blowing, with rain and 4m seas crashing over Fizz. The forecast suggests the winds will moderate around midnight tonight giving us a slightly less challenging final run in to Horta. Last night Alex turned his hand to breadmaking again, and we had very tasty baguettes this morning with bacon. Great start to the day.
We continue to see dolphins playing in the waves and the occasional kamikaze seagull trying to land on the afterdeck as it pitches and rolls. Down below, feeding time has got to be seen to be believed, with food, plates, knives and forks , glasses etc, flying around the cabin, usually followed by a body in full flight. If you are sitting on the downwind side of the boat you have to keep a weather eye out for anyone heading your way. Given that at least 50% of the food on the
plate never reaches your mouth, we must surely be losing weight, not that I would recommend this as a way to lose weight. The fishing rods have been stowed in the lazarette for the last 3 days, not that the fish would have noticed !! Fish has been off the menu since leaving Bermuda.
All the crew are primed to write their own blog contribution tomorrow on the meaning of life, the universe, etc, so there is something else to look forward to. Well, better get back to hanging on, this must be doing my core muscles good. Till tomorrow.
Chris
Fizz of Cowes