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Topic: Food

Feb 07, 2005 - 2341hrs UTC │Bread, Sealed bacon, Mung beans

By Alex on February 7, 2005, at 2341 UTC

Topic(s): Bread making, Cooking, Food, Things that worked, Vegie garden

2341hrs 07 Feb 2005 UTC 47’05”S 155’08”W Map Ref 51 2618nm

Specially lumpy night – 25-30kt all night and we are now getting a SW swell of about 8 – 10 metres with something like a 200 m wavelength so it’s not too vicious when they come singly. Standing at … Continue reading

1-7. Near the Horn

Mar 05, 2005 - 0105hrs UTC

By Alex on March 5, 2005, at 0105 UTC

Topic(s): Bread making, Clouds, Food, Supplies & Storage

Sitrep: 0105hrs 05 Mar 2005 UTC 54’49”S 090’11”W Map Ref 99

I don’t know whether you will ever read this as it seems there may be a problem with the sailmailSailmail is the system that Berrimilla uses for email communication. It is a non-profit association of yacht owners operating a … Continue reading

1-8. Horn to Falkland Islands

Mar 10, 2005 - 1315hrs UTC │Nocturnal Pneumatics

By Peter on March 10, 2005, at 1315 UTC

Topic(s): Bare poling, Food, Meals, Supplies & Storage, Tea making & drinking

1315hrs 10 Mar 2005 UTC 55’49”S 072’30”W Map Ref 113

Daylight, sailing again, 7.5 knots directly towards the Horn. fingers, toes, ears, eyelashes and bootferals all firmly crossed. Pete has a long update, so I’ll jump – see yez. Nearest bit ofChile now about 60 miles away. Woo0ohooo.

Pete: Hello … Continue reading

1-11. South Atlantic-26°S

Apr 10, 2005 - 0430hrs UTC │Dog Bowls : a Short Dissertation

By Alex on April 10, 2005, at 0430 UTC

Topic(s): Dog bowls, Food, Meals

0430hrs 10 Apr 2005 UTC Map Ref 160

Once again in good weather – balmy and warm, water 24 degrees. 20 – 25 knots from the east and looks ok for a day or two more. Fingers crossed. Berri now further north than she has ever been with me – … Continue reading

1-12. 26°S-Nose Brazil

Apr 21, 2005 -1100hrs UTC

By Alex on April 21, 2005, at 1100 UTC

Topic(s): Food, Health & Injuries

1100hrs 21 Apr 2005 UTC Map Ref 177

Our dig out to sea yesterday paid off earlier that expected – the wind freed a bit in the evening and we were able to tack back on to a course parallel to the coast and abut 200 miles out. Still holding … Continue reading

1-19. Senegal and Pete's Birthday

Aug 31, 2005 – 0845hrs UTC │Alcohol List, Journey Home

By Alex on August 31, 2005, at 0845 UTC

Topic(s): Food, Navigation, Supplies & Storage

0845hrs 31 Aug 2005 UTC 31’59”N 018’22”W Ref 323

DB: 24hr:127, total 1290/1320 sched = -30 so we’re getting back into it. In deep mourning for friendly little phone and the big chunk of my life’s database that went with it. Bereft, I am. And stupid. It will be sitting … Continue reading

1-21. Equator to Left Turn

Sep 20, 2005 - 1000hrs UTC

By Alex and Peter on September 20, 2005, at 1000 UTC

Topic(s): Belmore school, Food, Lessons learned, Man overboard, Meals, Power supply, Supplies & Storage

We had our normal Breakfast Short Consultation today, bulk billed, of course, with the medico from Dublin and then we decided that the crossing should be appropriately celebrated with a southern hemisphere based medicinal potion so – half and half Dr Bundy and ASDA orange squash was the go. Noice. Very Noice – thanks Dave and RANSA. This could become habit forming. … Continue reading

2-9. Greenland-N.Atlantic-Falmouth

K: Messages in bottles & hazard tape dinners...

By Berrimilla on September 10, 2008, at 1900 UTC

Topic(s): Cooking, Food

Well, we’re at it again – bare polingExplanation here across the Atlantic. Bounce, roll, bounce, slosh, slide, roll, lurch, sper-lash! Corrie may need a thesaurus to find another word for relentless but couple come to mind for me: persistent and never ending for starters! I wonder if we should make … Continue reading