Hi all
All going very well on Chilli, a few minor mishaps but nothing life
threatening.
Found that the freezer had been switched onto ‘fridge’ mode so all
remaining meat had to be eaten asap. Not too much of a problem as we were
getting to the bottom of the barrel anyway. Not surprisingly though, there is
still just one more of Heston’s Lamb Tagine left. Strangely enough, the lads
seemed quite delighted when it was put to them that we may have to resort to the
Frey Bentos pies before we get to St Lucia.
We seem to have somehow used up all our tank water. Suspect Gorgeous George
has been having secret midnight showers. No dramas, whilst counting up the
amount of bottled water we have left we find another slab of beers so all's well
that ends well.
A strange morning this morning.
0700, big squall comes in with stair rods of rain. Half the lads don their life jackets, the other half get their kit off and get the shower gel out!
Of course the rain stops as soon as you are covered in soap suds. There is
photographic evidence which may be used as a parting shot on the blogs!
0800, we get the big green cruising chute out and reel off a load of miles in 4 hours of 20knt wind speed reaching and surfing. Fantastic.
1200 big cloud appears with rain behind us and we get the kite down just before another downpour with 30knts of wind comes through, all ondeck in shorts and lifejackets enjoying the slieghride, great fun.
0100, squall gone through, big green kite back up. Get the kettle on.
Never a dull moment.
Although yesterday, we had a Chilli Chilli first. We had a boat ‘be nice to
each other’ day. Very difficult and stressful! When your kite trimmer hangs onto
the sheet to the death as you get overpowered and you have to turn round and say
“Thanks ever so much for not easing the sheet, I was wondering how we were going
to clean that toothpaste off the side of the boat”!
I am glad to say that things are now back to full on sarcasm and insults
which we all understand perfectly well.
Cheers