day 3
BumbleBee
Tim and Julia and Tiger
Wed 18 Jan 2012 12:32
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position 15:44.7 N 28:55.4 W
It seems a bit slow going !! even though we did our best
run today..143M in 24 hrs. We each try not to continually recalculate how long
it will take, it is not an uplifting topic! The swell is huge (although it could
be MUCH bigger), epsecially at night and never from quite the same direction
each time. It makes you lurch about whenever you try to do anything, above or
below decks. Peeing in the bucket is like a game from It's A Knockout. We have 3
or 4 flying fish on deck each morning. These amazing little fish come out of the
water to skim along the surface for about 100yds and can do tight turns as well.
Obviously their sense of direction is not so great, as you hear them commit
suicide against the deck in the dark hours. Tiger caught a beautiful dorado
yesterday, about 2 1/2 ft long, on a home made squid lure. He was well chuffed,
and so were we when Tim served up it's delicious fillets for dinner. The sun is
in a clear blue sky today which makes a big difference to morale. A grey sea to
match the sky is a bit like a huge prison cell. Tiger and I got a good dose of
wave-down-the-neck yesterday, just to confirm the previous sentence! Why?
Obvious isn't it. We were on the wrong side of the boat!
xx
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