10th Sept - off Casablanca en route to Canaries

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Mike Somerville
Mon 10 Sep 2012 17:30
34:18.66N 08:07.42W

10th Sept – Another beautiful sunny day with very little wind - we are off Casablanca with calm seas – could be a proper summer’s day in the Solent!

 

Tim surprises us with lovely white home baked bread, marmalade, marmite& peanut butter – then smoked mackerel with poached egg and salad for lunch! We have been busy with household tasks and have our first shot at a noon sight with John Lunch’s sextant – plenty of room for improvement; this is trickier that it looks!

 

Tim has another go at fishing for a few hours; clearly needing more practice.

 

The wind has now picked up a little and we are motorsailing at 7 knots in 10 knots of NW gentle breeze.