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Another one bites the dust

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No, not another boat but another lure! We had our last wobbler out and around 30 Min. late the reel ran out and the rod was bending down heavily. Andi reeled but after a few minutes the fish was gone with our wobbler. The knot at the swivel had opened and this was a factory knot and none of ours! We were so dissapointed since we wanted to have a Tuna as Sushi. Anyway, there is a new bread in the oven and potatoes on the stove for a potato salad. For lunch we had cold meat balls and noodle salad since it is to hot to have a warm lunch. I had a nap from 1600 to 1700 and then we had some coffee with christmas cookies. Now Lani is sitting naked outside playing with water and a bucket and some plastic toys. We had a nice chat with Robin from the Robinson who is sailing pretty close to us. Sometimes we can see him and sometimes not. Then a Lagoon 500 passed us. She is not participating in the ARC. Mer blu is the name and it is a delivery cruise to St. Marten in the BVI. We chatted with them

St.Lucia here we come

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Good morning. We still have all the clocks on the boat on UTC but we are already in mid atlantic time zone. This means we get up at 8.30 but then the sun is just coming up. Instead of checking how many miles we have done since Las Palmas, we are now checking how many are left until Rodney Bay Marina in St. Lucia. 1149 miles still to go. Yesterday evening we had Penne with Salmon and Tomato salad but the salmon was of course not fished by us :-) Then we shared a Bacardi Breezer as a celebration of the "half distance" and played 2 rounds of seven, our favorite card game also known as Skip-Bo. Chris won all games! During the night watch i watched the movie Australia and enjoyed the stars and the full moon. It is unbelievable how bright it is during the night. Outside you do not need a torch at all. This morning we finished the self made bread and now we run the engines for an hour to make hot water since it is SHOWER-DAY! YEAH! Only 2 more showers until St. Lucia! According to t