Salts by the numbers

1- Stove- diesel, non convection, and varying heat
2- Anchors, sittings of meals- 0720/0800, 1120/1200, 1720/1800
3- Number of Dorrys (small boats on board)
4- Night running lights on a motor boat
5- Levels on my Stove. No such thing as 350 for 20minutes =)  Its 1-5. And today 2 might be super hot and tomorrow I may need to be on 4 for the same heat.  All dependent on how long the stove has been on, what the pressure is in the fuel tank, age of the fuel filter ect. , Heads of lettuce for salad
6- Average hours of sleep per night, minimum dozen of anything I make
7- Was my 7 year anniversary of my first SALTS trip this year.
8- Sails on the Swift.  Main, Fore, Staysail, Jib, Jib Topsail, Main Topsail, Courses, and Fore Square Top
9- cups of Milk Powder to make a hot drink for Mugup
10- kids per watch
11- Traffic Channel on the radio, number of lines I need to have kids on to set the ForeSquare Top
14- We only motored 14 out of the 100 Nautical Miles we traveled last week. We sailed the rest of the time!!! Including weighing anchor under sail twice and anchoring under sail once!!!
15- Apples/Oranges cut up as a side to a meal
16- emergency channel on the radio
38- People on board this week
45- Potatoes to make mashed potatoes
50- The average number of oral tests each crew member would have to listen too if all 30 trainees did all of the their oral exams
55- eggs to make scrambled eggs for breakfast
56- Pins/lines on the boat. Yes I do know what they all are and what they do.
111- feet Sparred length of the boat, actual deck length closer to 100 feet

Sailing under the courses on Day One near Saturna Island

We are trying to get a good sky/horizen shot to put a model of the new boat in for promo material.. so I took alot of sea/sky pictures this week

Location- Victoria
Cooking Next- Carrot and Lots of Garlic Soup with Foccaccia
Reading- A Severe Mercy