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Good evening readers,
Here we are on Wednesday evening, Simon is cooking beef stew for supper,
and we are tootling along at around 7 knots in quite nice conditions.
The sea has been more moderate today and we've had a reasonable amount
of sunshine. I hate to tell you all back home, but it has been tee
shirts and shorts on deck today. Someone said it's a bit cold back in
the UK!
Those of you taking a keen interest in our performance will have noticed
that after day 1 we appeared to be going the wrong way. Fear not, a
mere slip of the skipper's finger as he updated our position was to
blame. We were, and are, as far as we know, on a reasonable course for
our destination.
I know you've read of my disasters on the fishing front these last days,
nearly running out of lures and not a tackle shop in sight! Well today
I caught a big one, sadly it managed to let go of the hook about 50
yards out, after I'd fought it hard for 10 minutes. Not to worry. I
caught a 3 pound spanish mackerel about 10 minutes ago which will do
nicely for lunch tomorrow.
So we're apparently about half way down the fleet, we've had a play with
the spinnaker today with good success, and we need a recipe for Tarte
Tatin, should any of you be kind enough to email it to us!
Looking forward to a shower on friday, if we have enough water left!
Bread has run out - skipper to try tomorrow to make some from a kit -
and we are eating loads of fruit before it goes rotten.
Highlights of the week so far were the sunrise on Tuesday morning, and
Steph's chicken curry.
Love to all at home
Team Gertha
ps if any of you feel like emailing us, don't be shy ok? A
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