10 March 2006
10th March 06
Location: The Pacific Ocean 3 degrees 50’N 84 degrees 47’W
Weather: North Easterly force 2, Spinnaker weather, and Sunny.
Quote of the Day: The skipper doesn’t think…….He knows! The crew doesn’t think he knows either!!!
We have had another good day making sound progress towards Galapagos. I have once again been melting down below decks doing more Astronavigation, hey guys when you refitted the boat did you realise
you forgot to fit the A/C unit? We are just in the process of editing your entertainment video for tomorrow, then it’s into night mode again. Missing my Family, Fiona, Jack, Emily and Lucy, I hope
they are able to get these voyage logs. We are all getting exited now that we have reached about half way.
What’s for dinner guys…………………..
Jon Curtis (mate)
Hey everyone we went swimming in the Pacific today again weather is brilliant I have to keep drinking my water. We as a crew were filmed today putting up the biggest sail on the yacht it’s called
the spinnaker other wise knowing as a kite. It was great fun, I am loving every minute of sailing, struggling a little through the day with the heat but we are all an amazing crew so were helping
each other a lot through difficult times. Barbara and I are mothers of the day, you don’t actually realise it but men are greedy garbs they eat like horses. Anyway here is to tomorrow I’m not on
mother duties but guess who is ohh Sam………….. Watch out dude I’ll be wanting pampering hehehe over and out guys I’m away to prepare dinner for the guys.
Maria (Crew)
More like away to bed, Maria has not drunk enough water today and is a wee bit dehydrated, a short rest with plenty of water and she will be back dancing and singing. It is really important to
always be drinking water in this heat or else you will find yourself becoming tired and sick. We all have water bottles and they are monitored throughout the day to ensure we are all drinking enough
and the bottles are topped up when they are almost finished. We have had another good day on board, the shift pattern has been established and all the duties of cleaning and collecting water samples
are part of each day. We have to stop the boat to take one of the samples; at the same time we all take a dip to cool off, which has turned out to be the highlight of the day. We are all looking
forward now to getting to the Galapagos Islands and to do some more exploring. Speak to you all soon.
Peter Topping (Crew Boss)
Hey dudes, we are still sailing across the sea with our skipper Sam, matey Jon and Galley wench Peter (now comes with GI Joe stubble). Today was a day to do new things after our daily swim in the
Pacific needed to have showers roll on…solar shower!! Does exactly what it says on the tin, you fill with water and wait for the sun to do its thing! Luckily it doesn’t take long in this heat, so it
was on with the shampoo (went a bit overboard with it!) quick lather and then came rinsing OH GOD! Lesson 1 don’t use too much shampoo as it will never rinse out, lesson 2- If you want a solar shower
make sure you get in there before the girls! Lesson 3-Get Barbara to rinse your hair as she has a nice touch! (Ha only joking). (The solar showers were pretty good and definitely different from the
norm! Today I also attempted washing some clothes with a bucket of salt water and some detergent, as expected it was a total disaster I think ill stick to the good old washing machine from now on (my
white top is now blue-klutz strikes again!)
That’s your lot for today folks! Take Care
Domestic Goddess Laura (NOT!)
Mother duty all day today, shattered……..going to bed!
Barbara
Chichester once said the best place for gipsy moth was Greenwich in a block of concrete! I think this was a little harsh, however I do truly believe even he would agree with me shoving this flipping
computer in a block of concrete and bunging it in the ocean!
I hate computers…….5 hrs of editing!
Captain Sam