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Challenger 4 - Challenger 4 Day Six



Wet & windy – what’s that all about…..?
After last night’s dinner we went upstairs to get some fresh air and for the first time we had clear sky and no moon light to block the view of the heavens. We managed to see Shooting stars, Satellites, Venus, Mars and some constellations with the help of Sam’s app. Since the cloud held back all night we managed to navigate using the stars which was really great.
First thing next morning Amelia came on deck and announced that her launderette was one officially open and ready for her first customers – she was mostly busy with Matt’s pants. The price for 3 pieces of clothing is one “Rum and Coke” when we reach Saint Lucia – which David is a bit worried about.
First day all the crew felt well, no one was throwing up – well done guys! especially Bruce and David – it’s nice to have you back.
Throughout the day the crew has improved helming – Skipper and Mate are really pleased and to celebrate that the mother team decided to bake a multilayer cake however, nobody has had a piece yet. Boom!
Feeding 13 kids in the galley is a full time job – good thing we have four days off from mother duties after hangry crew members we almost held up for their dinner.
Just before we started writing this we didn’t think we had any interesting things to write about until – DUD DUD DUD!!! All crew were rushed up on deck the reason being we crashed gybed and ripped our Yankee 2. After a sail change in the dark the Yankee 2 is currently on the saloon table and being stitched and estimated time for fix is 4 hours.

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