November 26, 2015 – “Hello? This is sailing yacht Shiva.” “….” “This is sailing yacht Shiva. Hello?”
Last night during Herman and Daan’s night shift the satellite phone suddenly rang. Everybody awoke because hearing a phone ringing while being in the middle of the ocean is quite peculiar. Daan picked up the phone and the rest was quietly listening…
“This is sailing yacht Shiva. Hello?” “Hello, do you have engine problems?” “No, we do not have engine problems” “Ah alright, in that case I’ve dialled the wrong number, bye” “Bye”
Wow, what a story! ;) We were in contact with the outer world!! Too bad we didn’t ask for an update of what is happening in the world…
Furthermore it was a quiet and decent night and we all had a good night sleep. Today there is much less wind, so we are putting up the parasailer. We are the 8th boat of the 22 boats in our group, Herman and co are regularly navigating so we can follow the routes where there are better weather conditions (more wind). For that reason we sometimes take a slightly different course – not straight to Saint Lucia – so to catch more wind. Our goal is to overtake some other boats of course.
This morning we ate baked eggs for breakfast and now we are making pasta for lunch. For sure with some oranges as desert, because today is orange day (yesterday was banana day). The sun is shining and the music is on, Saint Lucia here we come……!