We got up early today to fly the spinnaker and try to capture some boat speed that was lost last night during the evening shifts.  Hopefully we will get to fly her all day as I love seeing Betsy up in the sky!

The things I miss on this trip most are just plain ole being a girl, changing my clothes, doing my nails, plucking my brows, shaving, and general female hygiene.  It’s not that I am a girlie girl as I did not wear an once of make up since we left Gran Canarias, I have my hair in a pony tail and or cap all the time (except when it is drying from my shower) and have not done an ounce of my normal routine (lotion, shaving, creams, etc…) But I miss it, I miss feeling “pretty”

With that said, I had to have a talk with the boys today as I was fed up with being “pushed” out of the way. It was normal for them to feel that they have to do everything as they had to do everything for the first 6 weeks of the crossing.  But, once we got on the boat they still try to dance from the bow to the stern and from port to starboard during one sail change.  I laid down the law and said that we will have assigned duties during each sail trim – no more jumping from one position to the other.  The main reason is that we are all capable of doing each position so there is no need to act like a monkey with your head cut off.  The other reason is that when one person tries to do too much, each job is done ½ way and issues arise.  Matt backed me up and they all listened; now I have to ensure they actually act on what I said.

We saw another boat on the horizon (red spinnaker) and tried to reach them on the radio – but to no avail.  It would have been funny to have them respond to my call “Sailboat flying a red spinnaker heading toward St Lucia come in” J – Only 400 miles to go