Tuesday
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Tue 4 Dec 2007 23:27
What a busy day. Hard to know where to begin. Before I left a friend of mine
said that that long distant passages were boring (you know who you are) I
have to say I disagree. Firstly yesterday no one believed me when I said I
had seen flying fish. Today the Gods were kind and provided me with evidence
by way of a dead but beautifully formed specimen found on the foredeck. As a
result I later had a rather bizarre conversation with the Skipper which ran
something like this. 'Can you get the spring onions out of the fridge? They
are next to the flying fish'. Naturally the fish had been preserved as
evidence (it's the solicitor in me). Unfortunately the spring onions were
not there so now no one believes that the spring onions exist.
Skipper proved his weight in gold today by landing a dorado, all 1.60kgs of
it and very gorgeous with yellow markings with blue fins. Supper was cooked
by Ian and Liz and cracking it was too. We had a rather impromptu small
select 'disco' in the galley during preparation of the fish to 'Go West' by
the Petshop Boys. Can't remember why now.
There are always sails to trim, logs to complete, books to read, blogs to
write and positions to report. We are planning a special ceremony for when
we reach 40 degrees W. I have created a flag (because you can't have too
much flagage) and skipper has selected the music. The idea is that we thank
the Atlantic for our save delivery to halfway and for the fruits of the sea
for which we are truly grateful.
Last night I dreamt I was staying in a 5 star hotel and had an entire nights
sleep....
Just returned to the blog having reefed down as we hit a squall. See how
busy it is?
Just to reassure you, we are all using life jackets, jack stays and lines,
especially of a night. So all is well.
Lori