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17 10.39 N 036 28.73 W
Mileage noon to noon :130 nm
Distance to go: 1294 nm
Photo: Peg manages the balancing act in the galley
Food - provisioning for a long trip, planning
the menus, preparing and serving meals, and especially, the consumption of the
food - is an important part of cruising and passage making. Tom thinks he
can subsist on baloney sandwiches, but I know he really can't. Anyway,
neither baloney nor bread last a long time on a boat without careful planning.
After the first 2 days, we gradually and carefully added soup to
our diet of crackers and ginger ale. Since then we have
had pasta primavera, curried chicken and rice, salisbury steak and steamed
potatoes, fish chowder, spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread, lamb stew, breaded and pan-fried fresh
fish, grilled bratwurst with a pasta salad, and tonight we'll have a beef roll
(meat loaf rolled with cheese in the center) with tomato sauce and mashed
potatoes. We usually have a salad or fresh steamed vegetable with the
meal. We don't usually have a dessert, but we have cookies, chocolate and
hard candies to satisfy a sweet tooth, and apples and oranges as well.
Breakfast is usually cereal. If we have brunch,
it is usually pancakes, french toast or eggs in some form, with or without
bacon, ham and hash browns. If we only have cereal, then we will have
lunch - a Greek salad, quesadilla, grilled sandwich, or perhaps a tuna salad
sandwich with carrot sticks or some other crudite. We eat like
trenchermen, but none of us seems to be getting fat.
I try to do low fat versions of all menus, but I'm not
always as successful at that as I am at home and after all, it's only for 3 or 4
weeks. We think it's important
to have a good meal and some social time together to look forward
to.
So far, we still have quite a lot of fresh vegetables -
they're holding up well and will probably continue until our 2nd week out.
After that, it's cabbage, root vegetables, and the green tomatoes that should be
ripening soon.
Last night we went through one squall after another and
the boat got a good rinsing with fresh water - lots of rain. The wind from
the squalls kept us on our toes and kept the boat moving in the right
direction. We're still staying above latitude 17 N to keep away from
thunderstorms south of 17 N.
All's well on board-
Tom, Peg and Garry
s/v Starboard Home
