1000 miles
Jigsaw
Wed 12 Dec 2007 15:28
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Noon position 22.38N 32.00W, all plain sail set and
broad reaching at about 5 knots on 255, we have just done our first 1000
miles and feel like we are on the way.
Last night reaching along with everything up at
02;00, full main, mizen and genoa, starry night illuminating the sails and feel
that having a ketch finally pays off. The current conditions are ketch weather
par exellance, force 4 just aft of the beam and we are sailing along very
comfortably. (As I typed that the wind dissapeared and we had the briefest rain
shower ever, lasted about 45 seconds, but I guess this is the middle of the
bloody AtlanticOcean!!).We have not touched the sails for the last 24 hours, set
up the rig and off we go until the weather changes, very very different to
coastal sailing. Watches are mainly about making sure that we do not hit
anything.
Caught another Dorado yesterday, about 1.5kg which made a fine fish curry for last
nights dinner. No fishing today as getting fed up with Dorado and do not know
how to tempt other fish onto the hook.May need some inventive Dorado recipies
towrds the end of he passage as food stocks dwindle, any suggestions?
Glad to hear that my bear won the Turner
Prize, and I agree with the suggestion, from Ilka, that I should enter my
Sardine with Aoli for next years competition.As some of you will be aware fresh
sardine with garlic mayo can produce the most uplifting effect!! Just need to
convince the judges of there artistic merit Will work on this project seriously
as soon as I get home!
A fine day here 27 C and a little puffy cloud, the
weather is forecast to stay like this for the next few days so, while we are not
going quite as quickly as I had hoped, we are still making reasonable progress,
and I suspect that we will sped up when we get to the full on trade
winds.
Dolphins just appeared next to the boat, looking
for a bit of lunch I guess!
Ok I am off for an afternoon nap!
All my love!!
Paul.
Jigsaw.
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