3 wise men
Norman G III
Fri 25 Nov 2011 22:48
our position tonight at 2030 is
20 00 43N 025 22 132W
and everything is fine. we have eaten like lords again( well 3 of us have) and had a normal day at sea.
the weather has not been so good today a little overcast and the wind from always the wrong angle. we made a decision to go south at about 1700 in search of wind but a 2200 have turned more west as a tactical manouvre. Weve probably made the wrong decision but only time will tell
last night and this morning was the turn of the other 3 to have a little go at me. golly was laughing at all my fishing kit and trying to work out how many hobbies ive had and where i keep all the kit-- very funny. Skip was generally being skip whilst extolling the virtues of the sea witch again and Jason was laughing at my roundish tummy that had its first outing today in the sun.. oh how the circle of life moves around quickly
theres three glum faces on board tonight and im happy so guess whos the other 3 faces are.
at 7.30 skip and i lowered our lures into the water to catch fish. one hour later id caught and released two beautiful medium sized dorado and got broken by another monster swordfish at aboutr 1600 this afternoon. MG 3 sea witch 0 --- one quiet skipper
my tummy may be a bit large and wobbly but at least it can hold my food down.. Bad day for Jason. hes neen feeling queasy for nearly a week and today after being mean to me it got worse-much worse - result! he turned a nasty colour of white and then had to spend the day sat at the fore of the boat on the spinnaker bag looking at the horizon. Our turn south away from the caribbean did him no good mentally and he didnt eat his dinner-- result 2 I ate his as well .hes gone to bed and ive said ill do his watch for him so he can sleep and try to feel better tomorrow-- lets see
i may have had a lot of hobbies but after spending time effort and money on them have usually become moderatley proficient at them. Golly was lauhing away telling all and sundry this and that but when i asked him what he was good at there was silence
i bet i can catch a fish he said
ok on you go i replied
obviously i couldnt let him put the evils on the rods so we spent a while choosing the set up he liked put the lure in the water and i left him to it. after about an hour i was in the galley when i heard a commotion and golly shouting
fish fish ive got a fish
jason got out the video camera and started to film the big event.
i told you i told you he shouted at me mockingly all captured on video for his you tube page
with a bit of help he pulled in the monster and 2m from the boat it broke the water to shouts of disappointment
hed caught his first ( and i hope only) rather large and heavy piece of orange peel that skip had thrown off the other side of the boat just seconds before.. hey hey another result
in life its a marathon not a sprint and sometimes tubby tortoises win the day
until tomorrow
happy birthday to alison and mike wray
and a special mention to sophie-- a mention all of your own
sleep tight
MG