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Edelweiss - Day #5: Happy Thanksgiving!



Hello and happy (American) Thanksgiving! We will be with you in spirit, as we enjoy turkey meatloaf and steamed carrots this evening. We hope your festivities are great!

We have just entered an area of light winds, so we are sailing along quite slowly, but we're still sailing! Over the last few days, we have made good progress south, towards Cape Verde, and we can tell we're getting close as it turned warmer and humid last night. As you may know, the adage goes that we're to "sail south until the butter melts, then turn right." We're now hoping to get to the "turn right" part!

Most of our time is spent sleeping or on watch, but we also spend a lot of time studying the new weather predictions every midday and making any adjustments to our course. The real excitement here yesterday was when Teri washed her hair - hanging off the stern of the boat, washing in salt water and rinsing in minimal fresh water. It was quite a spectacle, apparently! The boys, for their part, have offered to save our finite fresh water supply and simply not bathe. EEEK.

That's all for now!
xo Edelweiss


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