Amaris Sails the World
11/25/13
16.26.04N
38.34.85W
Becalmed in the middle of the Atlantic
It is horribly difficult to believe we are sitting
in the middle of the Atlantic with a mere 4 knots of wind. Of course we
are doing everything possible to sail the boat - but lack of wind, waves, and a
lot of sun seems to give us a little time to get a few chores or to do items
completed.
For example... while bobbing here in the
Atlantic
I reorganized our trash - which has now been
sitting in the 80 degree weather for a week
made a batch of yogurt - who would have known it
would be so easy
Shawn scrubbed the shower and watched 18 episodes
of "How I met your mother." Seriously.
Ross knitted. And we then sat around for an
hour trying to determine what it was that he knitted... Initially, it was
to be a case for his sunglasses. It ended up being either a yamaka, a
puppet, a hot pad, a very large coaster, or (as we used it) a cover for the
throttle knobs on the boat.
Jill baked a gluten free cake - which was then
eaten by Ross who unlike me is NOT a glutard!
In addition, she spent 4 hours working on her tan -
she should have used a bit more sunblock - but I think she will
live.
Bryn read a book (Not to brag, but I was able to
read one as well)
Antonio whipped the ends of about 1/2 the lines on
the boat. When finished he took a nap on the trampoline at the front of
the boat. Ross was kind enough to pick up Antonio's video recorder and
record a nice message to Antonio's wife whilst taking a video of Antonio
sleeping. Lovely friends eh?
Eventually Ross took to "whistling" which is a no
no. Tradition has it that one should never whistle on a boat as you may
"whistle up a storm." When the bobbing wouldn't stop - we started
requesting tunes...