Update from Loram

Howzit Guys

Here is a new recipe your guts must try sometime , it called Goble's crumbed
French toast

Take 6 eggs , mix up in bowl , then 1 slice of bread , then soak until you
have at least four of them hanging on , the bread must be falling apart by
then put in a frying pan, break it up some more, then serve, Serving
suggestions- Eat in a bowl with a spoon and loads of chutney.

On the whole the guys have been pretty polite about each others cooking , it
goes something like this

" MMMM this nice, please pass the chutney", the food normally turns orange
after that. Our chutney stock has reached critically low levels and Pete
rationed us to 1 table spoon each with his Babootie the other evening, which
I have to admit did not need any, it must go down as one of the best meals
we have had. But I did contribute, Pete fished the raisons out my muesli in
the morning, which John ate. In his defence, he didn't know that they have
been saved for Pete's Babootie. Carolyn - thanks for the recipe book - it
has saved us a few times.

Also our bread baking has become a bit competitive, Steve and John have
found a packet of flour that seems to work better. Peter was very forgiving
the other day when he put his bread in the oven and I accidentally switched
the gas off after making a cup of tea, an hour later Peter came up ready to
take his bread out- we delayed lunch another hour , and the result was
pretty close to a brick.

We had 4 days of hardly any wind which was quite frustrating . Yesterday
morning after a great night we were getting quite excited until the
spinnaker burst - I was asleep at the time and when I came up and asked why
we were sailing on jib and wasting this wind, John pulled another Failed
prank with a fake email from the organisers that we need to slow down,
anyway- this was a real let down and the mood on the boat definitely changed
along with the boat speed. After working out how he was going to fix it John
pulled out his sewing machine - the saloon was filled with a spinnaker that
I must be honest I was apprehensive about whether it was fixable, After 5
hours of John sewing - 3 rolls of spinnaker tape and the rest of us walking
up and down with 1 side of the sail and then trying find the other side - it
was fixed and flying - it took our boat speed up by at least 1,5 kts and
arrival time by 1 and half days- it held through the night lets hope it will
continue to do so. We celebrated with 1 ice cold beer each - Steve's lasted
about 10 minutes - he really savoured every sip. I must say well done John.

Till later