We have left Horta too soon.

It is always the feeling we have when we leave Horta actually. Even though it was three nights in harbour, it felt like only 1,5 days.

Always so busy when you come in, when people leave, when you clean all the cabins, get provisions and get your new guests for the next leg. And of course in the mean time there are things you can only do ashore when you have network. And its meeting the new mate and checking things with him and bang the day is gone.

Time has litterally flown away and you have that strange feeling you have lost so much time doing of everyting.

It was good though. Good to have some time alone, good to go running and swimming a couple of times, good to eat delicious ice cream and send post cards :). The usual me.

This sailing week started really nicely with sailing off the dock without the engines and catching up with the winds. We had some good sailing and only a day motoring with no wind at all, since we have been going from low to low flirting with showers and gusts over 35 knots, and averaging 7,5 knts … towards The channel! This isnt bad at all so far.

I have been sharing my watch again with the mate. I though I would be ok wit it. But after a couple of days I had like a melt down. Every thing I did seemed to not be ok. One of those challenging days where you think that everyone hates you and doesn’t care, and for no reason I ended up in my bubble. That was tough.

When two month of swedish watch and little rest hits you straight in the face, you just want to be left alone. And that is what happened hahah! I decided to go and to inventories in the drystores and found myself with a closed hatch! To be honest it wasn’t so bad. Besides, to motivate the crew to count all he items, mars bars were hidden and I had just found one…. so. Just what I needed. Chocolate for comfort. 😉

After that, Klaas, mighty Captain Klaas, gave me his watch and Neptune challenged me with all the heavy weather decisions in my watch! I litterally loved it. 🙂