26.10.08
PUMA LEG ONE DAY 26 QFB: Received 26.10.08 0322 GMT
Every once and a while you have extraordinary days. They can be good or bad. So from time to time when a particular day stands out I will document it for you all. Kind of shows how basic our lives really are out here. Nothing to do with the racing, just life as we know it on ‘The Monster’. Here goes:
1- Woke up and actually brushed my teeth and washed my face. Amazing
experience.
2- Just before sunrise I had a live radio interview with a ‘shock jock’ in
Cape Town and the guy asked why we were all sailing down the South American coast and if we actually knew where Cape Town was? He had a great point, and I didn't even try to answer it. He promised me a cold beer when we arrived.
3- I went to the bathroom without having to grip on to the walls and hope that I didn't get tossed off the toilet while flying off of a wave.
4- Went on deck for extended periods without a dry top on. Rubber neck and wrist seals become a little clammy in this heat. Very refreshing.
5- Changed my underwear. Need I say more?
6- Shaved. Unreal experience especially in the heat.
7- Today was my day for clean up duty. Scrubbed the head, galley, leeward side of the boat and bailed every drop out of each section. Felt really good about the job I did. Hopefully my wife isn't reading this as her immediate thought will be ‘why doesn't the dumb ass do that at home?’.
8- Had a Kit Kat bar to celebrate my ‘Great Day’. Can't begin to describe how good it tasted.
Kenny Read - skipper
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