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Oscar pressing both buttons<\/p><\/div>\n
I have never heard of anyone sailing across the Atlantic but this may be due to the fact that the closest thing to sailing in my local town is Ponte Park boating lake. Here you will find a few rusty rowing boats which haven\u2019t been used in years due to the fact it\u2019s pretty horrid with an array of rubbish submerged from shopping trolleys to dead bodies, accompanied with the “beautiful” Yorkshire weather.<\/p>\n
“That’s a big wave,” <\/em>or as I call them mahoosive!<\/p>\n When I first told the family I was going to sail across the Atlantic I got a mixture of responses. My Father and Aunty said a similar quote to, \u201care you mad, why do you want to spend 3 weeks on a boat with my sister<\/em>?” The women of the family were getting very worried and maternal about my safety as most of them, like me, had never heard of anyone sailing across the Atlantic, so again thought I was mad. In reality the trip so far, touch wood has been plain sailing (good on, yeah?)\u2014plenty of Tetley tea, films, food, snacks and general madness.<\/p>\n “I’m off to chill at the bow<\/em>.”<\/p>\n With us reaching half way yesterday the real test will be this following week – who will be the first to flip\/go mad?. So far everyone seems to have their jobs and it seems to be going well. With Adam and Pete seeing to any sailing stuff, Anna keeping us all well fed, Sammy annoying everybody and me (hmmm….). I like to see myself as the entertainer making sure everyone has a good laugh usually at me but as long as they’re entertained<\/p>\n “What shall we have for lunch\/dinner<\/em><\/em>?” “Well, what’s going off<\/em>?”<\/p>\n “Have some more guacamole<\/em>.” (lots of avocados onboard)<\/p>\n Finally I know that my mother will ask me what I\u2019ve learnt during this trip so here ya go Mum:<\/p>\n Oscar<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Hello to our fellow Odyssey trekkers. We now have all the paperwork and freight agents in place that we hope will make for a smooth delivery of our new sail from Crusader sails in Poole near Southampton this coming weekend.<\/p>\n In the meantime we are all busy taking the time to do a number of maintenance jobs including some minor fibre-glass repairs to little chips and scratches in the gel coat one accumulates over a year of cruising. The electric motor in the toilet in the owners head had a bearing fail suddenly so after a drive up to Santa Cruz de La Tenerife yesterday including some sight-seeing, we got a replacement unit all is now good. Glad it happened now and not on the crossing!<\/p>\n We are loving reading all the great posts and looking forward to heaps of cooked flying fish! Although some boats will have moved off into the Caribbean by the time we (hopefully) arrive around 10th-12th Feb, we hope to catch up with most crews to enjoy sharing your stories.<\/p>\n Capt’n Col and the crew of FMD<\/p>\n Everything is fine on board! We are in our 4th day of sailing since leaving Mindelo and the winds are weakening now but we still manage some 150 miles per day.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Gr\u00fc\u00dfe von der Themi!<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0 What to do with the trash? <\/strong><\/p>\n A vast subject and how important! During provisioning we didn’t take onboard any cardboard, plastic packaging (except for vacuum packed items) for two reasons: less trash and also to avoid the cockroaches. The only thing we throw overboard is vegetable matter: vegetable\u00a0and fruit peelings and egg shells. Empty plastic bottles are stored alongside\u00a0the full ones so they don’t go wandering around the bilges. All our washing up is done with sea water (it does a good job), and all the tins, plastic packaging, glass jars and bottles, are washed well to prevent\u00a0unpleasant smells, before being put into their respective rubbish sacks in a cockpit locker.\u00a0<\/p>\n We still haven’t managed to catch a fish, despite trailing two lures from morn til night, as we sail through impressive fields of dead algae floating on the water.<\/p>\n Vaste sujet mais \u00f4 combien important !<\/em><\/p>\n Au cours de l\u2019approvisionnement, ne montent pas \u00e0 bord tout ce qui est Les bouteilles plastiques vides sont stock\u00e9es l\u00e0 o\u00f9 elles \u00e9taient pleines<\/em> Comme toute la vaisselle est lav\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019eau de mer( \u00e7a lave tr\u00e8s bien),<\/em> Toujours aucun poisson p\u00e9ch\u00e9 malgr\u00e9 deux lignes train\u00e9es du matin au soir<\/em> On aper\u00e7oit une voile devant nous \u00e0 l\u2019horizon \u00e0 4 milles faisant la m\u00eame<\/em> Le vent est plus faible ; 10\/12 n\u0153uds pile de l\u2019arri\u00e8re\u2026Malgr\u00e9 cela on a<\/em>\n
FINALLY MY DARLING<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nVAGALOUCA<\/h3>\n
THEMI 50<\/h3>\n
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No real changes, very little\u00a0wind. Boat speed between 3,5 and 5 knts. A little squall hit us this morning with winds up to 30 knts and pushed us a little bit forward.<\/p>\n![\"German\"](\"http:\/\/www.cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/flag-german.gif\" "\\"German\\"")
Heute gibt es nicht viel Neues, weiterhin kaum Wind. Gestern war der ganze Tag und auch noch die Nacht dicht bew\u00f6lkt mit gelegentlichen Regenschauer, heute scheint wieder die Sonne, zwischendrinnen ein paar Regenwolken. Ein kleiner Sqaull ist gerade \u00fcber uns dr\u00fcber und hat das Deck gut entsalzt. Gestern gab’s noch Palatschinken aus der Bordk\u00fcche.
Wir hoffen, dass der Wind bald wiederkommt und t\u00fcmpeln inzwischen mit wenigen Knoten Fahrt so vor uns hin, die Str\u00f6mung hift auch ein bisschen mit.<\/em><\/p>\nDOUDOU<\/h3>\n
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J12 Gestion des d\u00e9chets<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
cartons, emballages plastiques (hormis produits sous vides) pour deux
raisons, moins de d\u00e9chets et \u00e9viter les cafards (cucarachas en espagnol).
On rejette \u00e0 la mer uniquement ce qui est v\u00e9g\u00e9tal : \u00e9pluchures de l\u00e9gumes
et fruits ainsi que les coquilles d\u2019\u0153uf.<\/em><\/p>\n
ce qui \u00e9vite qu\u2019elles ne se baladent dans les fonds.<\/em><\/p>\n
toutes les boites de conserve, plastiques d\u2019emballage sous vide, bouteilles<\/em>
et bocaux en verre, canettes, sont lav\u00e9s pour \u00e9viter les odeurs<\/em>
d\u00e9sagr\u00e9ables avant d\u2019\u00eatre rang\u00e9s dans leurs sacs poubelles respectifs<\/em>
(cartons, verres, conserves, tout venant) dans un coffre du cockpit.<\/em><\/p>\n
au travers de champs d\u2019algues mortes \u00e0 la surface de l\u2019eau,<\/em>
impressionnants.<\/em><\/p>\n
route que nous.<\/em><\/p>\n
parcouru 153 milles depuis hier en 24 heures.<\/em><\/p>\n
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