As Dream Maker continues the painfully slow progress towards Antigua, it is with welcomed relief that the wind and swell now seem to be on our side.
Having got used to weekly showers our bodies are now in a bit of a shock however, as we experience hourly showers! Some waves hit us via the stern cabin and offer a cold power shower type experience. Other waves hit us beam on and have us sitting waist deep in a bath of the blue (cold) stuff! All this sea water ensures that our skin is regularly exfoliated – which is luckily often followed by a squall .… a time where the heavens open and we are drowned (like rats) in (very) cold rain! A perfect opportunity to wash away that salt and old skin …. leaving our skins glowing (or was that shivering!). Everything a girl could ever wish for!
It was during one of these very wet moments last night when one of the wheels came off the seat and had Herdip flying across the deck. One did not laugh! Honest!
All the water on deck however has resulted in our bilge pump packing up! It seems that duck tape can’t fix this one! It was very sad news for us for more than one reason. The noise made when we switched it on made us think that we had a Gremlin under deck, and at night we would often talk to our on board Gremlin! We even named him as our relationship bonded with time … the gremlin will be sorely missed and our feet now soggy as we step through a foot of water in the gully each time we get in and out of the cabin!
So as we sit here eating our chilly flavoured flavoured gum (thanks Duncan) it dawned on us that we wouldn’t really know the difference between an easterly wind and a trade wind if they hit us in the face like a flying fish! Either way, we’re just happy to have wind to help us along quicker!
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