Last Night Time Diary Entry?

Kirofbrixham
Wed 17 Dec 2008 10:52
No diary last night because the batteries were low and did not want to run engine on our last night just to charge them up.
 
It's now 0645 local time and we have just spotted St Martinique sitting beneath the clouds about 60nm away whoopee! (height 1300m). St Lucia is a bit lower at 600m and cannot yet be seen.
 
We aim to be in Rodney Bay abut 10 tonight and will need to motor sail almost all day to achieve that. Decided to put a move on rather than go solely under sail and arrive in the early hours.
 
Our last night under sail was great, early part of the night under the usual panoply of stars followed by a nice bright moon to light our way.
 
Highlight of the night was chasing a flying fish around the cabin. It landed in the spray hood and in attempts to shift it from there it headed down the hatch. Trying to catch a fish on a rolling floor is not easy and there were scales everywhere. Finally got it back into the water still alive.
 
Fridge is back on cooling the beer and carver and the next diary entry will probably from the marina!
 
Fishing line about to go out to see if we can arrive with fresh fish in the fridge.