written two previously. I received pretty comforting feedback on them,
so decided to post them on my site as well. I hope you'd enjoy them..
The first one:
"Cape `Breton Island Daily Diary
Thursday 15th October at 12.00pm off Salvador, west coast of Brazil
Hande Bayik
Top five conversations onboard CBI
I am trying to remember what were my daily easy conversation topics with
friends and family well over a month ago. I vaguely recall some bits and
pieces: discussing a few changes in the organisation at work,
criticising politics, recommending a good restaurant, a new CD, a good
book, making plans for an evening out, listening to the stories of
recently acquired habits of my friends' kids, cheekily catching up on
the high-street gossip, evaluating how life is and how it should be…
Having sailed for about 34 days now (including from Hull to La
Rochelle), our topics of conversation have changed dramatically. So here
are the top 5 favourite topics on board:
- FOOD: The conversation either is on the dining menus once we
reach Rio, or on what else we should have bought for the boat. The
highly rated menu: steak, wine, apples, salad, ice cream and lots of
fruit. Then there is a long list all sorts of food missed dearly: wine
gums, crisps, yogurt, a good mohito, roast dinner, veggies… Although the
dinners are mostly wholesome, the appetite for rice, pasta, canned food
is declining drastically, while the desire for fresh food builds in
(since we ran out of them 9 days ago), triggerrng hot day-dreaming
conversations on good food. And, of course, we have a wish list for the
next boat shopping…
- RACING POSITION: How we are doing versus the fleet, pep talks to
boost morale and regenerate motivation to check, check and check again
the trim. This topic is also set off at the navigation station, when
there are a pair of eyes evaluating the wind direction/forecast, the
latest positions of the rest of the fleet, the currents, the rhum line,
the speed so far, when to and where to make another evolution or sail
hange.
- HEADS: This is a "fruitful" and never ending conversation,
thanks to the heads causing such unpleasant and frankly pretty gross
trouble every so often: the surprises include blocking, pump failure,
overflowing. This provides a hot conversation on how many times we
should be pumping, how much oil we should flush down daily etc. (I
cannot give further details for the readers' sake)
- SHOWERS: This conversation is particularly popular after an
exhausting evolution, and after the mothers of the day come on the deck
after having taken a shower (the one token per 9 days, and in return for
all the tough service given all day long). Everyone dreams and talks
about a cold shower, a warm bath, the type of aromas of soap and shower
gels, booking SPA treatments after coming back…
- CLEAN LINENS AND STABLE BED: Well, this is a relatively low key
conversation, mostly started by a crew member not having had a good
sleep during off time. The desire for a stable bed is followed by clean
linens, silence, 8 hours on end, air conditioning.
I can certify that it's possible to live without news on politics,
gossips, latest book or CD releases?
Roll on Rio!
Cape Breton Island standing by."
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