Blue Moon - day 13 blog blue moon

We sailed into the weekend with our very first wobbly day and a working engine! We got up with the sun in our faces and tried helming the Blue Moon in very light winds from 8 to 12 knots. Quite the challenge to make sure the boat is not squeeking and rattling and not to overtire our rigging.

Each watch team took their turns and when off duty, bikini‘s , sun hats, sketch blocks, magazines and buckets of salt water appeared. Well, sailing across the Atlantic is also this! After some heavy weather days, stressful situations and not much sleep we welcome them with open arms. The boat is heating up in no time, and we all know what happens when hatches are open for fresh air(read our blog day 10).. so outside is the place to be. We even played our first UNO game outside on an open folded table.. and had pasta bottarga for dinner prepped by our skipper Thalita while gazing into the sunset. During our first evening watch a few dolphins even appeared. Our speed is 1 to 3 knots SOG and it might stay like this for another few days. In the mean time we wobble away and I can‘t say i mind ;). (But don‘t tell our skipper)

PS: This morning during our watch a very chilled turtle swam passed our boat, all by itself, in the middle of the ocean. How magnificent.
PS2: Fresh food is running out! We have 10 fresh tomatoes left, one aubergine, a few carrots, two zuchinis and a cabbage or two. We‘ll have to get creative with the cans and dried legumes and our hundreds of eggs we still have stored. Tonight it‘s our turn to cook again and there will be Pasta Amatriciana a la Bene as we‘ll have to use our bacon supply as soon as possible with this hot weather - but only if Neptune does not grant us another Mahi Mahi… you‘ll find out tomorrow ;).

Wobbly hugs,
Katleen