VDH's tummy rumbles

The westbound Frenchman describes the cuisine on board Adrien

Day 72
Position at 1300: 38°43 S / 103°12 E
Wind 25 knots from WSW, rough seas.
Temperatures: day 15°C / night 10°C/ sea 14°C
Distance covered in the last 24 hours: 220 miles.
To the Cape of Good Hope 4,096 miles.
Lead over P. Monnet: 18 days and 6h.

Hello

There goes another time zone, 105°. Each time I put back my watch by an hour, my stomach thinks my throat's been cut before midday. It just gets used to a new time zone...when it's time to change again! As I have my breakfast very early in the morning, between 5 and 6 local time, I have a bit of a snack around 10 o'clock.

My food is very varied (the list is on the site), and I always enjoy eating. For example, this lunchtime, I made myself some crab (Nautilus) in a vinaigrette sauce as a starter, some chicken in crayfish sauce (Henaff) with some vacuum-packed chestnuts, my usual little half of a Camembert (President) and two oranges. I'm eating two oranges at a time, as some are starting to get old, and I have to throw them away. With the onions, they are the last remaining fresh products. Everything else is in a can or freeze-dried.

As forecast the day before yesterday, I had some fairly strong winds this weekend, which are gradually backing sou'westerly. The forecast for the next few days isn't that bad, and everything is going well.

See you tomorrow,

JL VDH

Weekend with Jean Emmanuel Patier's cuddly toy, the little sailor.