Yesterday we sailed past the small island of île Saint-Paul. It is a French territory and was once a spiny lobster cannery. There is a tragic story attached to this island and its cannery installation, but as a teaser you will have to wait and read Benoit Ansart’s blog on our crew diaries to find out about it.
But as we passed this rather square active volcano, Benoit did hum La Marseillaise so rather a funny moment - I think he even got a selfie with it - and happy to say the volcano did not erupt as we passed, not even a puff of smoke.
Today we have the light winds that the fleet had yesterday. As always, it’s hard knowing they are trucking along in the wind that we will get later and we are just pootling along, still moving nicely but not smoking along.
Yesterday there was lovely birthday cake for Thomas, even though he was on galley duty, David ‘Doc, Dangerous’ Sturge cooked it and Ollie Curry supplied the M&M's to go on top, the M&M's had Clipper 2017-18 Race on them, so very cool.
Another layer has come off today, well at least for a while as we cruise along - still not quite shorts and t-shirts but nice enough.
Yesterday our resident Mr ‘I can fix anything’ Glenn Manchett with his off sider on the same watch Keitha (yes, with the a on the end) Cox fixed our mast track - they had to re-drill and counter sink some stuff, all secret men’s business ’'m afraid. All this done whilst standing on the boom at an angle. They did this remarkably quick and all is ok - I’m totally amazed at Glenn’s can-do attitude. I sometimes think if i gave him a job that was too easy he would palm it off to someone else. I think adding in the boat factor makes it more challenging and he loves it.
So, all is well on board the mighty Sanya Serenity Coast. Dmitry ‘he of the food processor fame’ Papulin is back on galley watch today so I imagine he will be spruiking it again - maybe the four months interest free payments, plus the set of steak knives will be enough to get his supply of them moving.
How’s the serenity? All good here.
Love youse all