While sailing around in the “big blue yonder”, it’s always the little things that warm our hearts. Today it was a message from Keenan indicating that our grandson, William, had developed an ear infection after contracting a cold. When my reply was read to William about Grandma requesting that his Daddy give him a big kiss from her, William insisted on getting that kiss from his Dad. Too cute and such a personality, but apparently all the grandsons have developed a great sense of humour and are keeping their parents on their toes. So looking forward to getting to know them properly again!

A “milky seas” effect started the day, possibly created by the waxing gibbous behind an overcast sky as the sun was rising, producing a white haze that made the sea, horizon and sky completely indistinguishable. It resembled something similar to being inside a snow globe that had been shaken. Very spooky and haunting, especially with the completely calm seas!

With that our day started. Once Roy surfaced, he jumpstarted the port engine in order to switch over to that side and then started the watermaker, given the calm conditions. By lunchtime, when Elaine surfaced after a nap, she discovered Roy had baked a rustic loaf; warm bread straight out of the oven, a dollop of butter and a helping of French brie was the perfect lunch!

This afternoon Roy then tackled a few maintenance tasks on the starboard engine, including tightening the v-belt which had started to slip and, in between all that activity, he also enjoyed a chat to the men off Talulah Ruby III, Golden Spirit and Kandiba.

Under sunny, blue skies, dotted with white puffy clouds, we motor-sailed onward, but later this afternoon, the winds had set in and we were off sailing again in flat seas, enjoying a SOG (Speed Over Ground) of anything from 6.5 to 7.5 Kts.