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Calypso - Poles and Provisions



Today we've been using the big stick, a.k.a. spinnaker pole. It's out there now, sticking proudly out to the side holding the foresail out wide as we roll down the waves with an almost perfect wind behind us. I say almost, because at the moment we may end up in Barbados (mind you, that's better than Surinam which is where we were heading at one point).

And we're now under 1000Nm to go too! In fact, by the time you read this it'll be closer to 900Nm. [Or closer to 700 by the time I eventually remembered to post this!]

Ask anyone who sails on long passages, and they'll tell you; provisioning is a pain. You're paranoid you haven't bought enough, and at the same time trying to make sure you don't buy stuff that'll just get tossed over the side, or sit in a cupboard for the next year and a half. Well, as usual we've had a little that's gone over the side, and I suspect there's a tin or two that may visit Europe next year.

But there's another thing about provisioning. I don't think it has a name, so I'm going to call it "The law of Unintended Dishes". When you shop, you have a pretty good idea of the meals you're shopping for (more organised people than me have a VERY precise idea). But it's a rare passage, where you don't find that someone on board has concocted a dish that you'd never imagined. And this trip, that prize goes to Catriona... with a delicious Lemon Meringue Pie (although there was a point in the process where it might have become a Lemon Mousse). Somehow we managed to not scoff the lot in one sitting, so it'll be Lemon Meringue for desert again tonight!

It also seems someone had a secret birthday on board! Well, happy belated Birthday Dave, I fear there may be a beer fine for keeping this quiet when we arrive - we'll have to see what we can do about a cake before we arrive.

Your forgetful Chef du Porridge


Lemon Meringue

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