The captain addresses the ship at noon each day to update us on our position, the weather and sea conditions.  The temperature was 75 degrees, the sea depth was a huge 14,000 feet, the wind speed was 35 mph and the sea state was 7-9 foot waves. The sea conditions posed no problem with our ship, although there was a small degree of motion.

As has become our habit on days at sea we slept late, had a light breakfast at the coffee connection where we enjoy the fresh Americano they make for us. Yvonne chooses to read and I peruse the daily agenda looking for opportunities to earn more Regent Reward points.

One of today’s game was a variation of “corn hole” which I am quite familiar with. The difference with the ship’s version is that they place the two boards next to each other with two points awarded for hitting the hole on the first board and three points if you hit the hole on the second board. One point is awarded if you land on either board surface. The other unique aspect to the game is that the ship’s staff, including the Captain play against the passengers-one against one. If the passenger beats the staff member  (each person throws 4 bean bags) they get an award ticket worth one point. At the end of the competition (everyone who shows up gets to play) if the passengers as a whole beat the staff they get an additional one point reward. It is a popular event and it is not uncommon to have 20 or so passengers show up. There is a lot of ribbing that goes on between staff and  passengers during the event.

 

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On sea days the ship often will put on a special buffet at the Pool Grill. Today the buffet was advertised as being “French” so we went. Lots of cheeses and other French dishes were served.

Trivia has become a very popular event and we are finding we have to get there 30 minutes early to secure sufficient number of chairs to our team. We continue to have the same team: a couple from The UK (he is an actuary and a whiz at math), a couple from Australia and we are the token US couple to help with American type questions. We continue to do reasonably well, usually coming in at second place-with two points each! There is also a MENSA 5 question quiz published every day and we are attempting to figure out the often difficult questions.

The show tonight featured Shimi Goodman for his second show. He sometimes seems a bit over the top but I am sure the women love it.

Tomorrow we will be back on schedule and will be visiting Gambia on the coast of Africa.