Same old. Grey in the morning, sunny in the afternoon. Lots of sleeping, reading and eating. At least we sort of have an excuse for all the eating – it will be chucked over the side if we don’t.
On that basis Mike cooks all the chicken, all 4 days’ worth, as it has now defrosted, and makes a huge curry. But delving into the fridge reveals some very soft beefburgers and semi defrosted fillet steak so they are today’s meals.
We trundle along on lumpy seas. Mike and I have three ‘technical’ descriptions of our sailing speeds. Flolopping is when we go really slowly, less than 5 knots, and wobble all over the place with light variable winds and waves that make more impact than the wind does. Trundling is when the wind is steadier and we sail at 5 to 7 knots. The best is romping, stronger but stable winds causing us to skip along over 7 knots. Today is definitely a trundling day.
In the evening Mike’s headache, which he has had for the last two days finally disappears and I realise that all my bruises have now gone too. Now if we could just go a bit faster ……!
Our position is: 15 deg 39 min S, 10 deg 17 min W
Distance so far: 20564 nautical miles
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