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Ashley took a wave over the cockpit last night on his watch, not just any wave but one containing a shoal of flying fish.

One rather large fish hit him on the head, five thrashed around the cockpit floor, one went down the hatch and the rest were splattered all over the decks !

When I took over my watch at 7.00am it looked liked Armageddon !

I picked up 109 fish from the decks and Ashley had already thrown back 17 that had been thrashing around after the wave hit.

There were scales everywhere, I gave the cockpit a good clean and threw buckets of sea water over the decks to wash away the debris.

Finally I came below, wiped the surfaces and plumped the cushions only to find another large fish under the cushion, on the settee – obviously settled in front of the DVD for the night !

The mornings commotion woke Mark and he proceeded to have everyone on deck, complete with life jackets and harnesses, to hoist the poles and put out the twistle rig.

Washing and bread making followed so a very busy morning indeed.

We are continuing to cover 200 miles (over the ground) each 24 hr period and we are scheduled to arrive on Saturday 10^th April which will make it a record trip.

Sun is shining today and I have just put out the fishing line with a note attached to say Mahi Mahi only – much more polite than Mark’s suggestion of  F‘**k off Tuna !

Have a lovely Bank Holiday.