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Adina - Day 21 Singing our way to St.Lucia



Day 21 and more Atlantic mountains and more wind. Minds are definitely swinging towards thoughts of the finish line - one moment thinking of the joy of making it, next moment the relief of making it!

And more 40 knot squalls - one person tends to stay upstairs and steers the boat through high winds and lashing rain while the rest stay dry down below. We have had two reefs in the genoa and two in the main sail. Again for our non-sailing friends, this is just a measure of how much of the good old white handkerchief you leave out.

Three weeks on and we started having no idea that we would be plagued by light winds to start and clobbered by heavy winds to finish. We live on our little Adina island oblivious to all. Indeed we had no idea of the sad passing of Nelson Mandela until it was posted in a comment. And the Ashes - have England triumphed or is it service as normal?

Tunes are a big part of the day now - they fluctuate between Lindsay's 'Chick flick' range and the boys liking Tattoo. A special mention to Sarah G for the playlist made for this crossing - it's pleasing all palettes.

Some people have asked how we manage changing time zones. To be honest, we've based changes on what Adina likes - and we like a bit of sunset with our dinner at 7pm! When the sun rises after 8am, we know it's time to change to the next time zone. When we get to St.Lucia this means we'll be one hour ahead of the local time but that's easily managed as we pro baby won't know whether we're coming or going anyway.

Good news for all of you worried about Gareth's flight on the 17th - he's got it changed and will now be able to enjoy a bit of St.Lucia instead of dashing for his flight. Relief all round and thanks to all those who pulled it off back at home!

Many thanks for all the suggested songs for our finish line. It resulted in a spontaneous sing-a-long of the suggestions in the cockpit after dinner! Well, of those we knew anyway! No clear winner yet - so please submit more entries!

Dinner was Burmese rice - a meal added to Adina's recipe book by Roger and Judith when they stayed with us in Ibiza - quick to make, better to eat!

Overnight we set the sails and ended up being a bit more south than we would have liked but Skippy got itchy feet around 8am and had people up for a gybe. Result looks like one tack to St.Lucia but we know what the wind is like and something else will no doubt materialise.

So we're on a bouncy route to St.Lucia or as the skippers were calling it in today's radio check-in - rough!

This is Adina singing "We're on our way to happiness, a-ha, a-ha"

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