Mainly because I'm on mother watch once again. Having an 8 hour sleep
time served me so very well. It's impossible to sleep undisturbed,
there's always a new noise, it's either the watch change, or a sail
change, or being too hot in the bunk… Yet, having 8 hours dedicated to
sleeping was awesome. Yet, there's a price to pay for this luxury: the
motherwatch day starts around 7:00, preparing breakfast for the team
(preparing porridge, tea, whipping fresh milk from milk powder), giving
a good clean to the heads, and antibacking (this is a frequently used
invented word among the team now,basically wiping all used surfaces with
antibacterial sprey) the rest of the surfaces below deck. Then comes the
washing up (20 sets of cutlery and dishes, huge pots for cooking, needs
an effort for sure) & cleaning the galley. If you had been fast enough,
you can take half an hour before starting preparing the lunch. Serve
lunch for two watches, more washing up. Pump out the 180lt of washing up
water from the grey tank, Then comes the most luxurious times of the
day: 2 hours free time! This is before starting preparing the dinner.
Cook again for 20 people in huge pots. Then seriously more washing up.
Clean the heads thoroughly, empty the grey tank once again. Then, as a
token for all the suffering, we're granted a shower (with roughly 3
liters water allowance). It's 9pm by then, and we have to go back on to
our sailing watches.
The toughest moment of the watch: preparing lunch in a 3 metersquare
area when two ovens and a stove was working adding to the literally
boiling hot on deck. I could feel my skin melting away…
Best moment of the watch: Baking BREAD ROLLS that were really good.
Ironically, I had to sail all the way down to Rio to initiate my bakery
experience in action…
The toughest moment in sailing: aaaaaahhhhh… we got stuck again… Started
out with an awesome run in the morning, great breeze speeding us in the
direction we aimed at, flying us towards the finish line. That zeal did
not last long, we got stuck about 4 hours ago, and have been making baby
crawls in the sea since. At the least, we know we now have one further
day added to reach Rio. Just crossing fingers that we have not lost our
position:(:( Soooo miserable...
Well… So much news from the day. Final note of the day: it's really very
hot in here, looking forward to a cooler leg…
Keep an eye on me
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