Sunday 18 November2018

Kelpie
Sarah and David Holtby
Sun 18 Nov 2018 13:57
22:45.8N 19:29.8W
 
Just a few more miles and we will be half way to Mindelo in the Cabo Verde Islands and coincidentally, we will cross the Tropic of Cancer at roughly the same time.
 
Its been an exciting day at the office.  Chris caught a beautiful fish which he tells us was a Dorado.  After briefly allowing us to admire it, Chris baked it with rosemary.  Line to pan in under 30 minutes. Delicious!
 
Then a front passed through during Saturday evening giving us massive wind shifts and then very little wind.  During the course of managing the sail-plan during the night we got a genoa sheet wrapped round the propellor.  No damage done but we had to sail in very light airs through the rest of the night until Team Kelpie managed to clear the rope in daylight.  Fortunately this was achieved without sending down our ship's diver!
 
The weather has suddenly got a lot warmer after the unpleasantness of last night's fronts;  the bimini is up and the shorts are back on!
 
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