Tell-Tale BINGO – Our 3rd Week at Sea
Another Sunday marks the start of our third week at sea. A number of the larger yachts have crossed the finish line along with a few smaller ones that declared an interest in motoring through the long periods of little or no wind. At yesterday's SSB Radio position reporting many yachts in our class reported between 15-24hours of motoring just in the last 24hours. We still have a total of only 43min motor for the entire trip – so our overall position should be more favorable than that indicated by 'Distance to Finish' once all the engine penalties are taken into consideration. (Our 3 mins of engine reported yesterday was due to a fight with a sail change!)
The attached photo was taken last night – just as we were sitting down to a fabulous Sunday Roast Gammon – complete with Cloves. We bought the Gammon in Las Palmas at the meat market – the Skipper drew a picture of a Pig and made 'Oink Oink' sounds to indicate we wanted Gammon. Having looked forward to this for 2 weeks we all agreed that PORK (!) with Cloves made a tasty – if not a little unusual taste combination. However the whole thing was very tasty trimmed with carrots, turnips, potatoes and cabbage. Jonathan did a fine job and even made a chocolate cheesecake for dessert. I don't think any of us have eaten so well – but then the off-watch crew have plenty of time to plan and prepare lovely meals.
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