Another good day
48:19.8N 10:44.1W Day’s run – 146 miles At midday, 987 miles covered and 300 left to
We have seen only three ships and one yacht in the last week, but as we get onto the continental shelf we may well see fishing boats from tonight. Last night we saw a well-lit ship and were surprised to find from the radar that it was 12 miles away, so it must have been enormous. We have crossed sea area Fitzroy and are now in Sole.
However, as Fitzroy is an area the size of Last night we had a warm
evening and were able to enjoy a bottle of wine with supper in the cockpit.
Conversationally, we soon had the NHS sorted out and tonight we will move on to
debate the need for a defence system based on the Trident missile and, if we
have time, our remedy for world peace. Politics has not been avoided as a
discussion point but, as we have been away from the Fishing. There will be a News Flash at the top of the blog if anything bites . . . . Meanwhile, we remain optimistic as yet another kind of conventional lure is tried out. |