Not a lot of action yesterday, at least not for me, as I was on mother
duty. This means getting pulled away from sailing the boat to spend a day
cooking, washing up, and catching up on a bit of sleep. I'm paired up with
Judith from the other watch, and she did most of the cooking this time
around, including a nice apple crumble for dessert, and left me to the
cleanup. (Last time around, I did more of the cooking and let her sleep
more.) I did take a few hours on deck to do some laundry, during which time
we had another dolphin visit.
The weather, meanwhile, has turned cloudy and somewhat rainy as we approach
a front. We expect to hit the heart of it just as we round Batan, a small
island north of Luzon that is our next waypoint on the new route. (It's
not, by the way, THAT Batan. I've avoided "death march" jokes partly our of
respect for historical accuracy and partly because the sailing hasn't
remotely merited it. That will come later, if it comes. You'll notice that
considerations of poor taste didn't really enter into it.) The wind is
forecast to shift as the front passes, just as we need it to for our new
course. Ironically, fast sailing doesn't do us much good at the moment.
But if anyone knows of a way to make the 17th come faster....
On that topic, there has been a follow-up communication from Sir Robin, the
founder of Clipper, regarding the moving of the goalposts. It's somewhat
better than what came before, but I remain unimpressed. They keep saying
they don't control the weather. Perhaps they should have told that to the
city of Da Nang!
Anyway, not going to dwell on that. Just sailing on.
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