Blog date 8-12-2014
Exocet Strike
John & Stella Dyer
Mon 8 Dec 2014 21:22
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What a fun day. Started out with some great sailing
but then turned to heavy rain, then about 1130 we got a big squall, stayed
with us for nearly two hours with winds up to 37 kn, and sustained at 39kn for
mins at a time, I helmed since woried that the autopilt might say enough, but
with two reefs in the main and a half furled genoa it was very light, felt a bit
like helming the Volvo race boats, top speed was 13.6 knots, and sustained 11 to
12 for mins at a time. Then that went and no wind, Roger started fishing and
caught a Mahi Mahi, alternative nmae may be a dolhin fish or Dorado, any way he
was trying to bring it in just as we hit 8 knots, so I luffed up and stopped the
boat and we got it alongside, looked like a yellow plastic bag. when we
got it on deck it started to go blue and black, but later when cooked tasted
great.
Under 300 miles to Martinique, we will gybe
sometime in the nnext few hours and head up from where we are to MArtinique,
probably two days from here. its approx 14.3 N and 61W abd its a part of
France.thats all for tomight John
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