Sea day 3, Monday, April 11th.

Hello all, 3.30pm.

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We are still sailing in a South Easterly direction, it's 3 pm. and I have just arisen from a nap. Last night I woke up at 3.30am. felt wide awake so sat out on the balcony reading and counting the stars, it was very pleasant. Thinking a lot about David today, not that we don't most days but his b/day is special. I know Jolene & Yvette will be thinking of him too :)

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We attended the lecture on Pitcairn Islands this morning by guest lecturer Ann, they are three islands though only one is inhabited and one where they go on holiday! :) The current population is some 54 people with 10 living there part time. Pitcairn is a British protectorate, the only one in the South Pacific and is administered by New Zealand. A ship from NZ calls once a month with provisions, and the islanders make a living from selling crafts, stamps and coins etc. to ships when they make a call., which is not more than 10 a year by my understanding!

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We shall need a wake up call if we want to check out their wares in the morning, as we are scheduled to arrive at 7.30am where some will come aboard to set up shop and we're due to set sail for Easter Island at 9.30am. This will be the shortest visit anywhere in our cruising career but definitely a "bucket list" destination.

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After the lecture we hung about to partake in a quiz with Jennie & Peter, Cathi & Bruce. where the winner from each sex will go on stage tomorrow for the final for the "most knowledgeable" passenger. There were 20 general knowledge questions…The female winner had 15 correct, the male 14. I was not the winner by a long shot, I had 8 correct and 2 that I knew but could not drag out of the back of my mind. Not good but good to participate in.

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There was a "pub lunch" up in the Sterling steak house so we went up to eat at 12.30pm. Fish n chips for me, a curry for Dorothy, with English trifle (sort of) for dessert. We joined Paul & Lynn from the Toronto area who we meet up with for a drink every night in the club lounge, as we come out of the dining room and they are getting ready to go in. Lovely people, and great to tease and have fun with.

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The ocean has a slight swell and we spotted whales this morning, other than that just another perfect lazy day at sea. The swell should increase later this evening, mind you it was supposed to increase last night but was not evident while I was up in the wee hours reading.

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Pitcairn is probably the most remote Island on the planet, Is it any wonder that there was a "Mutiny on the Bounty" after the great time the sailors must have had in Tahiti, waiting for the Breadfruit crop to mature and thinking of the typical winter climate in the UK  verses Tahiti, well, erm, Duh, no contest... Plus all those lovely Tahitian ladies they must have struck up friendships with! Yep, I'm thinking I just might have become a mutineer too.

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This post will be short n sweet, I mean what can I say, yes the sea is flat, the sky is blue and it's 28c, again :)

TTFN

Tony