Thursday, November 29, 2012

st.lucia, here we come! DAY 2 and 3

the first night was very rough. strong gusts and a very messy sea had mark and me dreaming of a nice calm anchorage on La Gomera.

day 2 also had lots of wind, but the sea calmed with every hour. we had the water alarm in the stern coming on during the night - some water found its way in through the through-hull fitting of the bilge pump. with the boat now so heavy, every now and then this fitting was half way under water. the fact that bavaria forgot to use a bit of silicone didn't help the problem either - so a bit of epoxy putty had to fix the problem...and it did!

lucky though we had to spend time back there - otherwise we would not have noticed that the top bearing of our rudder stock came lose. this could have turned into something serious...but now all bolts are tight and nothing moves that is not supposed to.

dinner the second night was a veggie-lasagne...

slowly we all seem to find our way into the routine of watch-keeping. we do 4h on 8h off (which is a real treat!) my shifts being from 4:00 -8:00 am and
pm, mark is on 8:00-12:00 - and one shift he shares with michael and steve does 12:00-4:00 twice a day.
we all seem to feel better rested and in a happier mood!

the morning watch for me was great today - the best sailing since a long time and we made good progress. with "vamipre weekend" (danke Pauli) on my headphones I just had a ball!
the wind is still blowing constant and we are goose-winging straight for our way point just 300nm north west of the cap verdes.

tonight we have steak on the menu for the meat-lovers and ratatouille with potatoes or gnocchi for me!
oh... and the lunch today will be "gröstete knedl mit salot" :)
(so no condensed milk and rice just yet ;))

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