1st December - White rabbits
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sun 2 Dec 2007 04:59
Crew #3 here today (Liz), skipper will wish he kept quiet about us blogging;
whose laptop is it anyway?
Now that we have got into the trades proper, we are back to a single poled
out foresail bound for Rodney Bay along the rhumb line via the night-time
blackness of the Atlantic illuminated by a "beautiful canopy of stars" -
thanks to Lori for that observation.
The daily radio report indicates that we are in a bunch of 7 other yachts
but still we wait to see more than a glimpse of one of them, such is the
size of this 'pond'!!
(Jo) Sunrise through the trade wind cloud formations is a sight to behold.
Watching it with a cup of coffee completes the picture. I think you'd like
it ...
Dinner tonight was on me in more ways than one thanks to the swell, the rest
of it went on the plate. It must have been ok as the skipper was asking for
seconds before he'd finished plate #1. Lunch had been a ploughmans style
with fresh bread etc. and an excellent chutney from Mr Pickup snr. Thanks
very much.
More dolphins called by to see how we are doing this pm.
I have suggested that we should have fresh fish tomorrow - watch this space.