4th day en route to Galapagos
Exocet Strike
John & Stella Dyer
Mon 16 Feb 2015 19:04
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Last night we eventually got some breeze and
started sailing, much better, this morning we put up the code zero (like a
superiszed lightweight Genoa) and this has been powering us along
well.
Last night we saw aobout 100 metres to 1/2 mile off
a school or pod of whales, not sure if they were Pilot whales or a bit bigger,
seemd happy enough on their own, didnt come to look at use.
Last night we had 4 swallows, or similar species to
this land on the boom, must have stayed overnight looking at their kind
deposits!
Thius morning at daybreak a Tern visited us and
landed on the foredeck, didnt stay more than an hour, and left a deposit as
well. Pretty soon we should be able to start selling Guano.
This morning we saw a pod of Dolphins jumping and
playing approx 100 meters away. They started to come our way then changed
course. Never mind, expect they saw a shaol of fish which will be way more
interesting to them than we are.
At 0900 we saw 15 meter fihing vessel and 4 much
smaller dorys, thought little of it until one of them came speeding our way, we
thoughtt maybe to alert us to a net they had laid. No, seems they were asking
for food, which for us is in short supply alrady, except tinned. We did wonder
if it was a trick, but they soon got bored and went away. I was on the SSB net
with our othe fleet of boats so I warned them in case, several were listening
out ready to motor our way if necessary. Juno was approx 15 mile away and
offered to divert if needed, in the end not necessary but thanks
anyway.
Stellas birthday today, so I am doing llunch and
dinner. Luc from Makena sang happy birthday in French over the SSB radio, many
thanks all.
John
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