With tradewinds conditions still prevailing, we've enjoyed another fine day of sailing downwind. As a matter of fact, we haven't had a sail change for 5 days, fingers crossed this will last for another 3 days until we make a left for the island (the wind is pushing us towards Guadeloupe at the moment, further north than we want!) So what do we do with our time? Skipper has his morning routine of checks for weather, emails, rigging, sails and other equipment; while I do a rough inspection inside making sure fridges are still cold, toilet valves have not been left open (very messy when it happens!), provisions are still good, cooking, etc...Then the rest of the day is spent reading, fishing, cooking, eating and drinking. The kids have grown tired of watching DVDs non stop the first week, and have started to join in for a game of Scrabble or two. Anne in particular decided to catch up with art and science projects and has had the back deck littered with glue and paint.All this in 3mtrs swells with the boat sometimes skidding down some waves, lucky we're on a catamaran!
On the food front today, thankfully no fishing, so it was the opportunity for creative cooking accomodating leftovers: crispy chicken rolls, fish bites and potato bravas for lunch, cheese bread, omelette and baked vegies for dinner. Amazingly, our supply of fresh fruits and vegies is lasting quite well, we may still have some when we arrive in St Lucia. I wish I could say the same about the beer; Terry advised me that he's about to run out. And to add " if we had a spinnaker, we'd arrive on time!!"