It's all a bit ' Alice in Wonderland' this ocean racing/sailing.we have witnessed a natural wonder every day. Today it was a whale and the most abstract sky I think I have ever seen. There were quite normal looking fluffy clouds, underplayed by these grey/ silhouette sharp clouds that were hardly in the sky. To set them all off a rainbow coming straight out of the sea and waterfalls of showers all around.
In contrast we live a totally routine life, quite harsh at times. Today was the 'big clean'. It's in the mid 30* below decks, high humidity and pungent. The work is incredibly hard, cleaning walls floors, beds, and cubby holes and there are many of them every corner must be wiped with disinfectant and every floor board lifted. Mattresses taken atop to air, they stink. Bases and hand holds cleaned.
And then after 4hours it's all done and we again surface on deck dripping, stinking, and tired. A good job done but Gareth will still find a bit we missed, it's in his nature to look for fault and ignore success.
I am clean and in my bunk back on watch in 2 hrs.....time for some rest.
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