Fai Tira on route to Lisbon 39:48.62N 9:16.18W

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Thu 24 Sep 2009 19:04

 

Fai Tira Blog 23/09 

Fai Tira on route to Lisbon 39:48.62N 9:16.18W

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After a fantastic day in Porto we set off quite early for us at 9.00 am.  We had 170 miles to cover to get to Lisbon. 

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As we left port the wind got up from the east and we were zooming alone at 7 knots, unfortunately this situation only lasted about half an hour.  The wind dropped to nothing and we were on motor again.  I decided to do some fishing, so the new supper lure I had bought the day earlier was deployed and low and behold after about half an hour we caught a Gannet!!!  Bugger we had a big bird problem.  We slowed Fai Tira and hauled in the frightened bird.  When we eventually got the bird next on to the deck I was pleased to see it had dived in to get a fish I had caught but got stuck on the barbs of the bait. 

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Gannet released and OK the problem was we had two fishing lines that were a complete tangle.  Please note if you ever get bored on a boat throw some fishing line over the side then pull it in and spend the next 3 hours untangling it.  This is what Dee and I found ourselves doing most of the afternoon. 

Around 3 o’clock the wind picked up slightly so we decided to give the cruising chute an airing.  This was a great decision as we were able to switch off the motor and zoom along at 7knots again. 

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This lasted until about 6 o’clock when the wind died again and we were on motor for the rest of the night.   Back to shift work 3 hours on 3 hours off.  At least it was warm and we had a number of visits from dolphins which were fantastic.

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Bye for now. 

Pete,  John  and Dee