Day 8 A James Bond moment

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Robert (Bob) Parry and Ann Parry
Tue 5 Jul 2011 23:04
4:36.8S 108:16W
 
Just another day: windy. 3-4m swell. threat of a squall. Repeated earlier success with bread and resurrected the water maker.
We usually run the radar every hour or so for a minute just to check if there are any heavies in the area and found an echo just after lunch; second boat in 24 hours so somewhat busy by mid ocean standards. The boat didn't seem to be making much progress and we had closed to within 3 mile.
 
THEN like a scene from a thriller a helicopter was coming straight for us and passed overhead just above mast height.
 
Circled and landed on the other boat and off they went - excitment over.