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Rum Truffle - Rum Truffle - Log 3-26th October- Around the bottom south west of Spain- to be precise.



This is the third log while preparing for the ARC. Obviously I (a boat) cannot write, sail , mend its self, feed its self, etc. ..even though I am female , I just can’t multitask. Some think I can , like Maurice my cousin for example, he thought that I could keep myself steady , sail with my engines on , keep course and miss that half sunken rock , just North of Lesbos , I just could not do it (even when my name was not Rum Trhuffle) something had to go – it was not the game of scrabble , it was not the rock. It was the lifting 4m keel that swung backwards into action , spraying hydraulic oil all over the bilge.

 

With this in mind I decided to hand over this chore to the owner and skipper Paul. Not only because the Iridium go phone meant it had to be connected to an I phone and not a lap top ( which we could all share) but also because I just could not manage, I was doing everything , self- healing ,self- feeding/cooking and sailing. I even had to teach some of the crew and the Captain!! I was knackered. Something had to go. After a short discussion with the Captain we agreed it was the log, after all the Captain did point out that this was the third log and there was a month gap between the last one. At this rate, we could forecast that I would not be able to write one log during the ARC.   It was obvious I could not manage. So this will be my last log , the last log from ‘Rum Truffle’. Although I did want to have a few words every now and again. The Captain agreed so we left it , that I would contribute to the blog  if it would help in giving the audience the full picture, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. There is no room for an ArcGate on “Rum Truffle” no rosy pictures as on Face Book , no blurred  exaggeration borders, no whoopies, no “in the ENTIRE world etc , I am sure you get my drift !

 

So I now handover to the Captain, who will start with Log 4 . PHEW….I am relieved and that is no exaggeration.

 

Yours sincerely  “ Rum Truffle”

 

 

 

 

                        



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