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[position] 21 39.528s 176 49.508w

[status] We had a ‘takeaway’ Sunday dinner last night – Sasha made up a coleslaw that was reminiscent of KFC coleslaw – Grated Cabbage and Carrot, with half a very finely chopped onion – mix in a good heaped tablespoon of Best Foods Mayo, a teaspoon of Dijon Mustard, liberal salt and pepper and a dash of lemon juice, and you have yourself a mighty fine-tasting ‘slaw’. Sasha panfried bacon to crispy morsels of deliciousness, Mike panfried chicken thighs with a sprinkling of chili flakes. All of the above was rolled up in spinach wraps, with the end result being finger lickin’ good! As the sun set sending bursts of brilliant orange and red flames into the dusk sky we were joined by our 4th crew member – Boobie the Bird. He circled Moonfish over and over, at times MALibu let out a yelp or two as Boobie got very close to his head. Eventually Boobie settled on the starboard pulpit, and there he sat, having a well-earned rest. Sasha started off the night watches at
7:30pm with both boys hitting the sack straight after dinner. Sasha woke up the wrong person for the second time on this passage, (this time Mike was rudely awoken around 11:30pm), it seems that the 5pm Crew Meeting, where the night-watch roster is discussed and decided upon is a little hard for Sasha to remember. She thinks someone should write it down for her heh heh. Around midnight Mike turned an engine on as the wind had dropped – we see a pattern emerging here, nighttime equals no wind. MALibu did the shift after Mike, and Sasha was up and away (thanks to her trusty dusty alarm clock) at 5am to take over from Mal. At 6:15am the next morning Sasha watched as Boobie flew away, leaving only his nocturnal motions behind. Thanks a lot BOOBS! Speeders FUSIO are ahead of us, but still in VHF contact which is nice, we chatted today about the GHR barometer readings, apparently our baro may be giving us some dodgy readings, so this calls for a Baro-Calo-Cocktail party when
we reach our destination Pangai. GHR also mentioned that there is a boat missing out here somewhere – which does provide a sober reminder of the serious of our situation out here in the middle-of-nowhere. The boat’s name is Dignity, and there is a south African couple on board. The don’t sound to well equipped, as they have no SSB radio (which is what we use to listen to GHR) nor do they have an EPIRB (which is what you set off if you are in real trouble, as it sends out a signal that helps the Rescue Coordination Centre find you. They were destined for Vuda Point, Fiji, but they haven’t turned up after some bad weather – fingers crossed they are just delayed, and still making there way there. All well on board, except we all miss Boobie a little, oh and we miss the WIND a lot!

[speed] 5.5 knots

[heading] 026M

[weather] Barometer jumped up after our call with GHR from 1005 to 1010. We have organised to have a Barometer Calibration Cocktail party with Fusio and one other (yet to be determined, but very lucky) yacht – exciting times ahead!

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