Position report
Karacool
Stephen Bassett
Fri 30 Mar 2012 15:30
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7:49S
113:54W
We have had a busy night. The wind has gone from
nothing in front of us to 20 knots behind us for a spell yesterday evening. Then
at later about 9pm it started to drop and was very erratic. But since then we
have been getting much better speed.
Then at about 1am a Tuna Fishing boat leered at us
and we had to scoot out of the way to avoid their nets. They are big big vessels
and think they rule the sea. For days we see nothing and then this blaze of
lights appear.
The only casualty of all this wind is a rectangular
yellow plastic crate which was not tied down on the deck. It is now floating and
adding to the pile of plastic littering our oceans. That was not meant to happen
as we are very careful about plastic rubbish. But what can you do.
We are halfway at last - yippee. Time for the radio
net and we will hear how everyone else is getting on.
Till tomorrow.
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