Groundhog day - again
Balvenie
Mark Farrell & Amanda Church
Mon 19 Dec 2011 15:31
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Position 19:04N 22.10W Course 220d,
speed 7 knots, winds 20-25knots, seas still big but only 208 miles to
Mindelo.
Monday afternoon, back to work after
a hard weekend. This morning sadly did not dawn calm and comfortable, it
is just the same as yesterday, and the previous days. Hanging out for a
slight ease tomorrow but guess we will get what we get.
We are all starting to sleep a little
better, the motion on the boat if fine for sitting on watch or snoozing but
impossible for anything else. I have decided I need 5 arms to be able to
function living inside a bouncy castle, 2 for holding on with, 2 more for doing
what needs to be done and 1 extra to do things kike holding the toilet seat
lid up so you can actually get to sit on it before it closes!!
It is getting warmer but still all
sitting here with long johns on and plenty of layers of fleeces, thermals and
beanies at night. Somehow we thought we were going to the tropics but
maybe we made a wrong turn somewhere. On that note well done to John our
friend and onshore weather man for being the ony one to pick up on an
incorrect position.
We still have Eye Candy and
Tactical Directions reasonably closeby, with the other 6 that left with us spread
out. We are all looking forward to getting our anchors down
soon.
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