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Challenger 2 - Challenger 2 Day Seven



Today’s mother watch seems to have started out well – bacon butties for breakfast, and the plan is to make a start on the blue cheese that has been stinking out the back cabins with some of the Spanish ham (we bought an entire leg which has been hanging out in the sail locker) and some freshly baked bread. We’ve put out the fishing lines as our speed has slowed a little, so hopefully if we manage to catch some fish we will be having ‘catch of the day’ paella tonight (or if we aren’t so lucky then with chicken and chorizo). We all seem to have gotten our sea legs now and gotten used to the motion downstairs, so the mother watches have slowly been upping their game and the competition for the best mother watch is definitely on!
The sea has flattened out considerably overnight and the wind has died down, as we have decided to go through a bit of a wind hole – sailing around it seemed too much of a diversion, and it’s nice to have a bit of calm! Last night was surprisingly difficult on the helm – you would think that compared to the high waves and winds a few days ago it would be super easy, but in reality the window that you have to steer between is so narrow (to avoid the sails flapping) that it requires a lot of concentration. The clouds are finally going away and the sun is finally starting to peek through as we are now heading further south, so today should be a lovely day!
10:45 today on boat time (or 12:45 GMT) marks exactly one week since we will have started the ARC. At least for me, the watch system and simple rhythm of things seems to have completely distorted my sense of time, so it feels like we’ve been on the boat for more like a month rather than only one week! Not only that, but at some point later today, or perhaps early tomorrow morning, we will have hit the half-way point – tomorrow we will be celebrating our half way party, so a few cakes will likely be on the mother watch menu today!
Laurence

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