June 5, 2012 There is one thing
I could never ever say in French, "La grenouille est sur la
feuille." Speaking of French, don't tell anyone who has lived in
France like Dan & Brenda, Chantal or Mim but we bought a baguette,
ate it with salmon and tomatoes (sooo good) and then finished eating the
baguette the next day. We know we should have thrown the bread away after
12 hrs, like a proper French person, but we didn't want to walk in the heat
back over the hill to town to buy another.
While in Atuona last week we met a family from Australia. They bought a catamaran, Cat Weasel, in the Caribbean a year ago and are sailing it home to Australia. They had 2 boys ages 9 and 12. I said, "What do you think of this sailing life?" It's OK they said but it's much better to go to a real school instead of being home schooled on a boat. The mother said she and the children all hate the schooling. I've heard this many other times that the home schooling program that the sailors use is extremely difficult and tedious and time consuming. I'd like to know what the children on Totem use because I don't hear bad reports from them. Other than that the Cat Weasel children loved the sailing life.
It has been a month. We left on May 5. During all that time Sunrise has only been salt free for about 15 min. once after the only downpour we've had. Right after, whack, she was hit with waves that sent salt water completely over the top - we could see it flowing over the hatches. That's the trouble. The heavy rain goes hand in hand with big seas and beaucoup wind. I hate to be naggy but we could really use a nice downpour without damaging wind. All we've had, save that one, is Ridgecrest type 2" rains with drops 2" apart.
BP 119/73 pulse 66. "Genetics loads the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger."
While in Atuona last week we met a family from Australia. They bought a catamaran, Cat Weasel, in the Caribbean a year ago and are sailing it home to Australia. They had 2 boys ages 9 and 12. I said, "What do you think of this sailing life?" It's OK they said but it's much better to go to a real school instead of being home schooled on a boat. The mother said she and the children all hate the schooling. I've heard this many other times that the home schooling program that the sailors use is extremely difficult and tedious and time consuming. I'd like to know what the children on Totem use because I don't hear bad reports from them. Other than that the Cat Weasel children loved the sailing life.
It has been a month. We left on May 5. During all that time Sunrise has only been salt free for about 15 min. once after the only downpour we've had. Right after, whack, she was hit with waves that sent salt water completely over the top - we could see it flowing over the hatches. That's the trouble. The heavy rain goes hand in hand with big seas and beaucoup wind. I hate to be naggy but we could really use a nice downpour without damaging wind. All we've had, save that one, is Ridgecrest type 2" rains with drops 2" apart.
BP 119/73 pulse 66. "Genetics loads the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger."
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