Leaving the bay of biscay has left me a bit puzzled: normally storms
would hit you in the face going south and waves would build where the
ocean floor meets the co ntinental shelf.This time however we had a
lovely breeze, spinaker up and the depth sounder changing from 120m to
no more readings. We discovered how quickly our spinaker gear wears as
we snapped more spectra (the "unbreakable" tough fibre that forms the
core of all our ropes on board)loops just as we were racing closely with
the other boaqts. Funny how every boat chooses to go in a certain
direction and that we then all meet in more or less the same place in
the middle of the night in somewhere in the bay of biscay.
Passing the famous Cape Finisterre was a highlight. We passed the shore
so close that there was a mobile phone signal. Everybody took advantage
of this.
Now we are sailing in the Atlantic Ocean and we still have the wind
behind us. The boat rolls along nicely and we are making good speed. The
first test run of all the shopping we did is delivering siome good
feedback. Catering packages from the makro underperform on quantity some
meals just don't work (fish pie) but there is also some inspiring
innovative cooking going on. Highlight is fresh bread every morning.
In case you wondered: the ocean is really blue. Lunchtime now.
