The sail yesterday became perfect after all when a pack of dolphins came by and played around the bow for 15 minutes or so. Eline and Arie tried to take pictures.. only Frits got a whole dolphin and not just a tail or splash. But then again he was smart enough to film them ha :-)We had dinner a bit too late. On the crossing to the Carib it was dark around 6 pm which was a good reference. Now it's not getting dark before 7:30 meaning we eat around 8 pm which is already during the sleeping time of the second watch :-* So starting today we'll eat a bit earlier.
The night went very well and with full main, genoa and staysail TC sails really well and very balanced.
Early in the morning we had a bleep on the Sea me. It took a while before we could actually see the vessel. It was a weird boat, no freighter or fishing vessel. If we had been around Venezuela I would have expect it to be pirates. The gave us right of way but there was no one on deck nor did they tried to contact us. Hmm, they didn't seemed anxious to be contacted either so we just waved and sailed on. Leaving Eline a bit disappointed cause she'd love to meet up with Johnny Depp.
In the mean time we all get along even better by the day. We also get to learn each other pretty well. Sometimes to our surprise.. who would ever think Frits would like to eat muesli for breakfast and salad [which he made himself with some help of Arie] for lunch? Eline turned out to be very creative with food. To celebrate her parents 53rd anniversary she made special hamburgers on sesame sandwiches with lettuce tomato and cucumber:-) Congratulations Wim and Anneke !!
By the way, even with lunch Eline was very creative with the waste and made Arie a set of Theo and Thea teeth from orange peelings.
I installed the shower on the swimming platform, after 3 days we all could use a bit of washing :-) Also it's a nice way to cool off a bit. It's getting real warm. When we sailed to the Carieb we went east – west, meaning that in the afternoon the sun was behind the main sail. Now we sail NE and the sun is shining directly in the cockpit all day.So whatever we need to do,we do in the morning before it get's too hot. This morning Eline and I cleaned the fridge while Frits and Arie were hacking the coleslaw... hmm next time … :-)
