Magic Pelagic - Blog 13 Position at noon 20th Nov23

Blog 13 Position at noon 20th Nov23

Magic Pelagic

Paul & Tracey Simmons

Mon 20 Nov 2023 13:08

An eventful 24 hours on board in terms of wind which has not been what we needed and has reduced our average speed since leaving to a little over 5 knots, debates are frequent on board whether to use the engine for propulsion but for now, because of a benign forecast, an average of 5 knots is acceptable.
We have enjoyed magnificent sunsets and sun risings, this morning the sun glared yellow and red over the horizon as dawn broke revealing candy floss clouds across the sky.
Dolphins appeared yesterday in large numbers (could have been a hundred) from all around the boat, they were inspecting the fishing gear that was trolling astern and spooking us with the potential of one of them being hooked. We brought the gear in as they were watching and thankfully before the young dolphins appeared. There were spectacular shows of jumping from the water, somersaults and back stroke and as many as 20 swimming at the bow, they stayed with us over an hour and completely made our day. There was also a turtle sighted after all that excitement. Last night some of the crew witnessed the Hydrids meteor showers that are prevalent in the night sky just now
Today brings a new race as we realise we are being tailed by what appear to be 80 - 100 ARC Yachts that maybe set off from Gran Canaria early yesterday, they seem to have more wind than we do in their positions 70NM+ North West of us so we’re reluctant to be caught.
Hopefully the fish won’t be as the lines are back out this morning.