28th March 2013 we crossed the Straits south to north again, Rob Conway on the helm. We couldn't find the bread shop in Smir so I made a roast vegetable and chickpea casserole for lunch. I planned to re-heat this three hours into the 6 hour crossing. Well I tried to reheat the food, then gave up. The West wind had other ideas for us today. At around lunchtime we were flying along in a steady Force 6. Casserole went into the oven, I was prepping cous cous on the hob, when the wind increased to Force 8. We stayed on a broad reach for the next two hours at times touching 9 knots over ground (at one point 9.2 knots) which is definitely the fastest we have ever traveled on this boat :O) We ate bananas, chocolate and tangerines instead. Just as soon as we hit Sotogrande I restarted the lunch - we were all more than ready for it! Afterwards we went to the Hairy Lemon pub and had our last drinks with the Conway's who are off to Gibraltar tomorrow.
Rob Conway on the helm blowing all those workaday cobwebs away!
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