2nd December, '07
Well we are about half way there having passed the 1500 miles to go at about
0900 this am.
The Dorado griddled with roasted sweet potato, beans and an advocado & Mango
salsa I made went down well last night. Sunday today so roasting a rack of
lamb with fresh rosemary from my herb garden on deck.
Jonathan's attempts to catch a wahoo using flying fish as bait have not
produced any success, but 2 dorados took the bare hooks. Lost the first at
the boat, but the other is filleted, skinned and in the fridge.
We have decided to start reaching south in a day or two as there is a
massive low off Florida which is forcast to produce huge north easterly
swells down this far which means we would be hammering into it which in
turn, besides being uncomfortable, will slow us down and produce light
winds. Quite cloudy still with a lovely warm sun coming through every now
and then and the odd rain squall. Our average speed overnight was 8 knots,
hope to reach the 40o W longditude by tommorow. Nothing crazy has really
happened over the last 24 hours. The watches have been changed to one person
on for two hours and then six hours off as everything is pretty stable at
the moment with the wind behind us.
Exchanged rhymes with Quasar V a Moody 54 a few days ago they were the ones
that gave us the nickname of 'aqualunies'. At the moment they are approx 150
miles behind us, but with at least another week to go anything can happen.
Both the Oyster 56' are also behind us, as this was a yacht we were half
thinking of buying its quite satisfying to know we have made a good choice
with our Ron Holland designed hull. The water maker works well, so far so
good, all able to shower and do our washing everyday keeping the water
bottles filled up as water makers can be fickle.
A lazy Sunday,
Love from the Aqualunies.
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