Now that we are cruising rather than racing the pace of life has changed a little bit the skipper and watch officers are standing back a bit and the crew are running the boat when they are not busy trying to find new ways to murder each other. The weather today has been such that we have had to motor all day passing through the entire fleet of square riggers and a gazillion + dolphins and at least one shark ("we're gonna need a bigger boat") . This combination of circumstances, easy day for afterguard, motoring and being murdered early meant that I was able to bake my own birthday cake and cook and serve my own birthday dinner. Birthday wishes were received (a card from everybody here and one from home) during happy hour between oscar nominations and a coroners court .. How many people can say that!
Being a relaxed day I also got a chance to play with the star spanner and shoot the sun only about 60 miles out, I'll try again tomorrow.
With the help of Phil we managed to produce a dinner menu as follows
Starter: Avocado halves with chefs vinaigrette dressing
Main: Toad in the hole, carrots and cabbage
Dessert: Rich fruit and slightly alcoholic birthday cake
Unfortunately dinner was slightly late which means that I may be nominated for the Oscar not a pleasant proposition considering the number of previous winners.
15 hours later and no reported food poisoning.
Roy, the Ancient Mariner
Life seems to be full of fun on the Rona2. Congratulations to skipper and crew on your racing achievements. A special hello to Edward (my Godson...ah!...sorry Edward). I look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks here in Brittany. I think I'd better rig up a bath tub or something for you to sail down the Blavet so that life does not lose its glamour. Laters....
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