3 April 2011 10 days at sea

The EJ's Voyage
Mike Everton-Jones
Sun 3 Apr 2011 18:32
Beautiful night last night under the stars.
 
The wind has dropped a little today, averaging 18kts. The sky is overcast with sunny patches.
 
Sunday morning so the boys had bacon and eggs for breakfast and I baked bread and Brownies.
 
Mike almost caught a nice dorado but the bugger detached himself from the fishing hook just when he was about to be hoisted on board. The next fish must have been a lot bigger because he went off with the lure and everything. Our fishing morale is very low... Good thing we stocked the freezer with meat!
 
We had an email from Alain and Catherine on PULSION. They changed their mind due to a crosstree (not sure of the spelling of this one!) problem which could potentially result in loosing their mast. So they are not going to the Gambier islands after all but are going direct to the Marquises. They are not far from us so we should arrive there about at the same time. It will be great to see them again.
 
Our Ozzie friends from JACANA, Dan and Yo, also remain in contact via email. They have problems with their freezer but otherwise all is well for them. They are about 60nm behind us.
 
All is well onboard.
 
Happy Sunday!
 
Love
Mike and Catherine