Indian Ocean - Day 5
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Sat 6 Oct 2012 12:15
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14:30.4S 080:56.9E 950 miles covered, 1390 to
go
The sun shone for much of today, but the waves are
getting bigger and anyone trying to sunbathe would soon have been drenched
by the spray. It is also getting colder as we move further south so
everyone was sitting around inside reading and doing crossword
puzzles.
The painted wooden parrot we got in St Lucia
fell off his perch. Well, to be more precise, his perch fell off with him
on it. The string chafed through. Chafe is a recurring problem on
ocean passages, but usually it is more a problem with the rigging than with the
parrot perch.
Andrea made scones today, so she must
be getting very bored.
The trampoline this morning was like someone had
tipped a tin of sardines over it. The waves keep splashing onto the
netting and the flying fish get strained out. It is a shame they are too
bony to be worth eating. One poor little guy, not more than a centimetre
long, was thrown up onto our cabin hatch and has been stuck there all
day.
Bit of a slow news day really.
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