Flying fish
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Thu 24 Nov 2011 18:09
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20:43.1N 025:51.5W
At 3am last night there was a wind shift and I
asked the crew to bring the Parasailor down, hoist the mainsail and unfurl the
genoa. Not the most popular request, but the alternative was to spend the
night going due west and the gribs said that way was a lack of wind. So now
we are heading south westerly trying to avoid a big trough in the middle of the
Atlantic that is sucking up all the winds in the area.
Sunny emailed a request for pictures of whales and
giant squid. We will do our best. We did find a baby squid on the deck on our way down to the Canaries, but it by the
time we found it it was not very picturesque. Hopefully we can snap the
whales and giant squid in their natural habitat and not lying on the
deck.
Estella want's her mum to know that, despite being
allowed to roam free, she has not fallen overboard yet. We do make sure
she wears her man overboard radio tag so we will know the instant she goes
over. (Joking aside, there is a 2 metre swell most of the time now, so it
is lifejackets for everyone whenever on deck, plus MOB tags at
night.)
It has been a pleasant day, with warm breezes and
periods of sunshine between scattered
clouds. |
