Killers whales and marks big red one...................
Cafeseerose
Thu 26 Nov 2009 17:36
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19.12 n 26.33 w
Time 16.20
Swell 1-2 m
distance 138 miles
wind 14 -17 kts ne
Wildlife 2 pods of killer whales
Warm and sunny ( sorry )
Speed 5 kts
sail plan spinnaker out
Woke to a grey morning after a uneventful night
shift we did see 1 big liner in the distance under Jans watch.
With the wind and swell dieing we are going a bit
slower,although the change of direction yesterday meant that instead of leaning
against the wall of my cabin i was now struggling to stay in bed.
The only plan it seemed after waking a few times
scrabbling at the mattress was to sleep on the floor hey ho.
Then this morning with just myself under watch I
saw the 1st sighting of the orcas I saw them twice in front of the boat but they
had gone by the time everyone else had got on deck.
The next sighting was this afternoon when I could
see these hugh dorsel fins swimming towards the back of the boat very exciting
,then one swam by very close and you could see clear as day the fantastic
animal,they swam around the boat a few times the departed.
After a very nice fish and chilli stir fry we
decided to get out my big red one ( the cruising chute or spinakker ).This gave
us a bit more speed and is still up now as I write this looking very
pretty.
Power was once again an issue for us today so we
got the generator out to help power up the batteries for a few hours barlely
making any sound as we placed it on the bow and are downwind
sailing.
We now have just 2000 miles to sail having done 800
already soon be there
Thanks for reading
Take care
Mark ,Jan, Greg and Mike
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