Graptolite - In the Heart of the Sea
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sat 21 Mar 2009 05:54
21st March AM
We finally dragged a couple of fish up from this watery desert. The first
fish looked a bit nasty with a skinny body and huge head and teeth but the
second one was a reasonable-sized dorado. The dorado disassembled over two
days into some sashimi (raw and wriggling) with wasabi, barbequed kebabs
with lime and traditional fish, chips & peas. It will do lunch today and
then we will be needing some more. I've just been reading 'In the Heart of
the Sea' about a sunken whaling ship in the Pacific and cannibalism among
the survivors. I doubt it will come to that.
The wind has been light to nonexistent for a few days now. The asymmetric
spinnaker has been useful in winds around 6 knots and the engine in anything
less. Last night it was so still that the stars were reflected in the sea
and the last time I saw that was in the Coral Sea and that time we had to do
so much motoring that we ended up running out of diesel.
We'll eat Steve first.
M