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May Blog

Friday 4th December

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Well my weather forecasting was right – it is rough.  The boat is twisting and turning like a corkscrew.  It is funny to watch the feeders try to get their balance as they only have two feet.  I am doing well with the balance – it is simple you just lean into the movement and stay grounded.  I had a shower today - I think I am the only one who did.  Mark and Tina are disappointed that the new Water maker that they had fitted for the ARC doesn’t work when it is rolling – which is pretty much always!  The ‘experts’ Marine Maintenance who fitted the Water maker and the Generator in Gibraltar didn’t fit either properly so they suck up air. That’s why the Generator needed a new black wheelie thingy fitted.  Mark and Tina are disappointed because they fitted the Water maker so that that everyone could shower when they wanted – they like everyone to be happy and comfortable.  But it is only a few days to go now and everyone can cope.  John has been unwell still and as a result he sleeps most of the day and night – it is a real shame that he is missing out as the rest of us are really appreciating every moment.

Today was the first ‘nothing’ day the feeders have had.  The autopilot ‘Merlin’ was on duty all day and now all night.  So all the feeders had to do was some cleaning and tidying, rig checks and be on watch.  Nisse was bored as he likes to be busy and fix things. They had the fishing rod out but only caught some weed.  There was a lot of weed floating by and it looked very strange in the blue, blue ocean.  The waves are incredible – about 5-6meters high and cobalt blue. If you look at them you can see the sunlight shining right through the tops and then the colour is pale turquoise – I am glad that Tina and Mark are telling me the colours as dogs are colour blind.  I cannot fully appreciate it but it makes all the feeders very happy and I love that.  They have all been talking about wanting to go for a run or a long walk – I don’t mind a short walk to the pointy end but I think the feeders are getting restless.  They are fine when it is busy on the boat but today they have had a lot of time to think.

 

Magic is whooshing along and I love the sound of the water underneath us.  It bubbles and glides – whooshes and slides.  When the boat twists and slides down a large wave we are all glad that Nisse had fitted all the door retraints and bungees in cupboards – Nisse is very cool and knows what Magic needs.  

 

 It is dark now and the sky is full of stars. The air is warm and in the boat it is 31 Degrees.  The 23knots of wind is at our back and our heading of 276 is taking us straight to Saint Lucia.  Tina and Mark are loving the thought of our friends and family watching our progress and reading my blog and they like it that we have friends around us – Eupraxia – John and Sandra Pickles – are only a few nm behind us and Vitesse – Hakon (the Norwegians) are a few nm to our Starboard side.  I know that Vitesse would like to beat Magic and Mark, Nisse and Simon are a bit disappointed that we cannot optimize Magics speed but Tina doesn’t care at all about racing.   The Doyle Jennaker (dogs cant spell) does not work as well as a Spinnaker or Para sail and the Genoa does not have a pole to keep it flying right – Tina says we are doing well enough and that we should be happy with our progress.

 

The food is going really well and there are lots of stores left which is great for me.  Tonight the feeders fed themselves home made meatballs with pesto and spicy tomatoes sauce served on fusilli with fresh garlic bread. 

They seemed very happy and I was happy as they left me one meatball.

 

Life doesn’t get much better than this!


We don’t know exactly when we will get to Rodney Bay but we think it might be Tuesday which is only 4 days away.  


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