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The
SW wind gives us 2 problems - we may have to tack to avoid bumping
into Africa, and also we have to deal with life on board at 30 plus
degrees angle!
At
first we welcomed a bit of a blow after the listlessness of the
light airs, but right now we would all welcome the chance to stand
on a flat surface.
Every
movement becomes a major operation, both above and below decks.
Just getting dressed takes 10 minutes!
Cooking
is restricted to the very simplest of meals - just energy and protein
stuff - and this is the first time I have written an email lying
horizontally across the nav station, so please excuse this diary's
brevity this time!
Today
'Stokes' Baird and I were on Mother Watch, i.e. doing all the cleaning
and cooking. We are called "Dad's Army" by the rest of
the crew, so we duly lived up to the name by serving up some corned
beef sarnies for lunch!
However,
our reward for these efforts is a full 12 hours off at the end of
it plus a shower! So things can't be all that bad.
The rough seas
have brought a renewed bout of sickness for Val, Benny and Silvia,
but they are all being very brave about it, and we're sure they'll
be fine once we get through this bit of weather.
At the moment,
as I sit here below and hear the shouts of protest from the cockpit
every time a new wave shower drenches the 'on' watch, Cuba seems
so far away, but by the time you read this, we hope to be out of
sailing to windward and into those trade winds.
Here's hoping!!!
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