Across the Orange River

We have been at sea now for three days and three nights. From little wind, to lots of wind, to no wind, we are currently motoring about 200nm west of the Orange River mouth and maintaining 150nm per day. It is positively starting to warm up here by us, and even the nights are becoming pleasant. Missing an Oxley Levante sail for these light winds.

The first few days out we don't cook any meals. We live mostly on bread with ham or chicken or pastrami, and of course cheese. Things have now settled nicely, and I can smell some spicy aroma from the galley.

We have lots of fruit on board asare well. Unfortunately a lot of it goes to waste and has to be discarded. I had a mango for breakfast and decided to display some of our fruit on the cockpit table. Oranges, apples, pears, bananas, peaches, mangos, and even figs! Hopefully if we see it, we will eat more of it.

Yesterday we had a few melon headed dolphins paying us a visit. Always amazed at how big these dolphins are, and how gracefully they surf down the swell. Not as boisterous as the smaller dolphin species. I saw a albatross poop for the first time yesterday. They glide so close to us, I was very amused to see a drop of white bird poop flying through the air 😅.

St.Helena is about ten days away, and thankful that the ban on visiting yachts have been lifted. All the Saints have been vaccinated, all 4500 of them. Looking much forward as always to visit there again. New Year's celebrations were spent on this rock in the mid Atlantic. The remotest island in the world.

I think we will get our fishing gear ready today. We also wiped all our stainless with a water/vinegar solution to prevent rust from forming. This is done on average once a week.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

Paul





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