Wed 8th still in Ile De Yeu

Wed 8th
Found out yesterday when checking email etc that a couple we had met in Ardglass (David & Jeannette on Grey Dove) are not having much good luck lately. They arrived in Ardglass just after us (catamaran – motoring – no mast), I was still busy tidying up after getting into the marina and didn’t pay much attention – thought it was ‘work in progress’!! It turns out that their mast & boat parted company just south of Isle of Man. However, more mis-fortune follows and …. well you can read the rest on their blog at www.yotblog.com check the index of entries and look for Grey Dove. We wish them well and hope that things start improving for them soon.

There have been two crew meetings today:
1 – someone ( the Boat Beast is getting the blame so far) thinks it’s funny when we are at sea in large waves to make a noise like a duck and a smell like there’s something decomposing in the bilge. The captain has decreed that it is not funny and must not be repeated…

2 – similar problem but this time after omelettes ashore (the BB wasn’t there so can’t be blamed); the omelette may have been made with a bad oeuf (French for egg I think?) – anyway there was a baddy oeufful smell onboard and the captain has decreed that omelettes should be avoided from now on…