Becalmed in the middle of the Atlantic

Amaris Sails the World

11/25/13

16.26.04N

38.34.85W

 

Becalmed in the middle of the Atlantic

 

It is horribly difficult to believe we are sitting in the middle of the Atlantic with a mere 4 knots of wind.  Of course we are doing everything possible to sail the boat - but lack of wind, waves, and a lot of sun seems to give us a little time to get a few chores or to do items completed.

 

For example...  while bobbing here in the Atlantic

I reorganized our trash - which has now been sitting in the 80 degree weather for a week

made a batch of yogurt - who would have known it would be so easy

 

Shawn scrubbed the shower and watched 18 episodes of "How I met your mother."  Seriously.

 

Ross knitted.  And we then sat around for an hour trying to determine what it was that he knitted...  Initially, it was to be a case for his sunglasses.  It ended up being either a yamaka, a puppet, a hot pad, a very large coaster, or (as we used it) a cover for the throttle knobs on the boat.

 

Jill baked a gluten free cake - which was then eaten by Ross who unlike me is NOT a glutard!

In addition, she spent 4 hours working on her tan - she should have used a bit more sunblock - but I think she will live.

 

Bryn read a book (Not to brag, but I was able to read one as well)

 

Antonio whipped the ends of about 1/2 the lines on the boat.  When finished he took a nap on the trampoline at the front of the boat.  Ross was kind enough to pick up Antonio's video recorder and record a nice message to Antonio's wife whilst taking a video of Antonio sleeping.  Lovely friends eh?

 

Eventually Ross took to "whistling" which is a no no.  Tradition has it that one should never whistle on a boat as you may "whistle up a storm."  When the bobbing wouldn't stop - we started requesting tunes...