Only 2708 miles to go......
Quartermoon
Mike Share & Sammy Byron
Wed 21 Apr 2010 22:48
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So we are 48 hours in and have
covered 330 miles so far, only another 2708 to go! Thats pretty good going
for a small(ish) boat with no 'chute! We've nearly hit 9 knots a few times,
maybe with a little help from the current but still flying along (too fast for
the fish to keep up I'm thinking....)
Both of us struggling to get back into the rhythm
of sleeping and watches etc, another day or two should fix it. We are currently
doing 3 hrs off, 3 hrs on during the night and then in the day whoever feels
tired can put their head down.
Not much traffic out here, the flying fish
and 2 fishing boats in the far distance and that's about it. Our friends
managed to run over their unlit nets a few days before us so the further away
they are, the better...
We are currently cruising along at 8 knots with
reefed mainsail and full poled-out headsail, so making good
progress.
Not much to report, Mike still trying to catch some
feckin' elusive fish - our fishing gear got the nod of approval from a
few successful cruiser/fishos but still no joy. Who know's what's happening
under there? We did have bite marks in the leader and an almost
straightened big lure hook, so who knows what was after us that
night.... Oh and I baked a carrot cake. (Thank god for Betty Crocker!)
We did have the biggest pod of Dolphins escort
us out of Galapagos, They were the largest dolphins I have ever seen and we
had them all around us jumping and playing. We had about 6 at the bow all vying
for best spot doing body turns and looking up at us. Really amazing. I think I
would like to come back to life as a Dolphin if I had a choice... Mike was
complaining that their sonar was deafening him in the front cabin as he was
sleeping (for a change).
Stupidly we are running out of books, can't believe
we didn't stock up properly. I am reading the Water Babies and Mike is reading
some intellectual book about embedded Religious symbology in fine
art...
Better get back to watching the
horizon...
Cheerio for now.
xxx
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