Sugar Highs

Getting into the rythym of life has been interesting, and not altogether healthy...Basically you are either high or low, its tough to find a middle ground. You do work when you have to and you do your best not to complain about it too much even if it does mean losing precious sleep. You´re pretty much always tired, but you can´t always sleep. The shelf in the salon is stocked with candy which when you´re a bit groggy or very bored is impossible to say no to. Breakfast is pretty much on your own, the germans usually go for salami and cheese on some dark bread, which i´ve determined they will eat at any time of day in excessive amounts. I was heavily criticized the other day for having a bowl of fruit loops, apparently having sugary cereal in the morning isn´t common worldwide. Lunch varies between leftovers, sometimes a big salad or something of that nature, pizzas, or salami or other deli meats and cheese. There is a ton of salami on this boat. Dinners are generally a reasonably well balanced meal due to the incredible amount of vegetables that keep turning up on this boat, but everything else in between is chips and chocolate. Lots of chips and LOTS of chocolate. As I was saying at the beginning its all highs and lows, adrenaline and excitement during manuevers, tired boredom when you´re off watch. I think I´ve gotten the Argentines on my watch addicted to chocolate covered expresso beans from Trader Joes, they´re our primary method of making it through the night watches (thank you Hadley for suggesting to bring them). Anyway we broke 2 landmarks in short succession today, I drove us over the 2000 mile marker this afternoon, and then this evening we broke into our last 1000 miles to Lizard Point. Current distance remaining 961.6 nautical miles...LETS GOOOOOOOOO

-excited, tired, bored, tired, not looking forward to the inevitable wake up that will be coming between 5 and 8 am to set the spinnaker.

-Kind of wishing, but kind of pretty happy I´m not on Puma or Rambler who are doing between 20 and 30 knots through the fog with everything on their boat soaking wet. Speed would be nice, but I´m enjoying a warm dry bed and some hot food.

Cheers,

Andrew