Skyelark of London - Day 10 on Skyelark

7th December

After being completely 'splooshed' yesterday we are slowly drying out.
Drying out is really over selling it - clothes hung in the sun and breeze
all day are still really only 'less damp' and are a little bit sticky to be
honest. Apparently it's the salt but it does make for uncomfortable pants!

We passed the '1000 miles to go' mark during the early hours of this morning
so we raided the fridge for bacon and had Club sandwhich's for breakfast
soon after sun rise.

Some of the crew are struggling with yesterdays time zone change and get up
for their watch (a nautical shift) an hour early??? This is a really stupid
thing to do in the early hours of the morning when you could still be
sleeping - Dave!

Gerard and Bob have been playing with the sextant which is a device a bit
like a protractor fitted with some little mirrors and a telescope. You use
this to measure the angle of the sun above the horizon. Used in conjunction
with a highly accurate watch or clock (pendulums don't work very well on
rocking boats) and with some truly mind boggling small font mathematical
tables you can work exactly where you are on the earths surface. Of course
it is not as accurate as the GPS but good enough not to bump into America by
mistake and we should be able to find the pub in St Lucia by it

The guys prepare the most delicious food (Phil - fresh bread, Charlotte -
stewed apple pastries, Dan - lamb tagine, Maline - exquisite Dorado in
balsamic glaze and orange sauce - from the modest kitchen (galley) of the
yacht. Quite unbelievable in the conditions. The cooker swings on a 'gimble'
(a pivot) so that it stays level when the yacht leans over in the wind.
However, cooking and washing up at 30 degrees with everything bouncing up
and down does lead to some interesting moments as you can imagine!

All good here - hope you all doing great in the big wide world out there. We
are just starting to talk about 'getting there'!

Cheers