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Festive Decor aboard the Queen of the Harbour
Well Christmas aboard the queen of the harbour was a roaring success. We decorated the boat in festive colours as well as some pinecones that we smuggled out of Tenerife. We even had a Christmas tree that I made out of electrical tape and stuck onto the underside of the raised table. Santa was able to find us, no doubt he has been following us on SPOT, and there were presents under the tree on Christmas morning. This was made possible by the fact that the vomit bucket, which we store under the table, continues to be vomit free after the second week – high five! We opened our presents from the comfort of our berths, I made a delicious holiday dinner despite the rocking, and we rewarded ourselves with extra time off during the night. The wind has been stronger and we are moving along a lot faster now. We are running away from the wind under double headsail and we haven’t touched them in about 10 days. Flemming, the windvane, has been doing an excellent job at the helm; Zenobia is basically sailing herself so we’ve been devoting most of our time to perfecting our eating and sleeping skills. The boat is in great shape, a bit salty, but no issues so far. I’m finding it hard to drink the tank water and I’ve switched to our bottled water supply. We don’t have a huge amount of bottled water though so Adam is continuing to drink the water from the tank, which he hasn’t been having any trouble with. We are calling this the two tiered water system because Adam enjoys calling attention to the perceived inequality. I don’t mind though, there isn’t a lot going on these days so his fake outrage gives him something to do.