Endeavour III - Endeavour III - Day 14

We have now completed two weeks at sea and this is reflected in our increasingly haggard appearances. Dave offering to lend me and Imara T-shirts this morning was a stark reminder that we have been wearing the same outfits for the last few days. Point taken and we promptly showered and changed outfits.

The wind has dropped off today and is forecast to remain elusive for the next few days. Reluctantly, we turned the engine on as we bobbed along with the sails flapping. However after some calculations we realised we will not have enough fuel to motor the remaining 580 miles to St Lucia, although I did offer our remaining supplies of olive oil to help bolster this.

The excitement of the day came at dusk, whilst dinner was being prepared (beef curry, dal and flatbreads) suddenly a sound came into the boat that we had all nearly forgotten existed, and took us a minute to work out what it was. The radio! We were being called by another vessel, approximately 10 miles away (although not visible as we can only see roughly 3 miles into the horizon). We sprang into action, and Kevs intensive VHF course paid off, with a slick reply of ‘yep this is endeavour III, we can hear you, what’s up?’. We had a chat with the neighbouring boat (Peter Von Seestermuhe) and lamented the lack of wind and exchanged good wishes. Before we knew it another boat was on the radio (Weirkraken) and we were promising to share a pina colada together in St Lucia. Despite being buzzed by the sound of more voices and signs of life nearby, this didn’t translate into the evenings entertainment, joke telling.

Natasha - 3rd December

Probably less that 150 miles covered in the last 24 hours!