Day 5
Sadie
Thu 4 Jul 2013 09:06
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46:44.0n 5:05.2w
Morning All, Wills here,
Pretty good night for the wind at around
midnight we put one reef in the main and firled half the foresail, we were
reaching nice until dawn. The wind has gradually died and we know from the
weather that it is not set to increase for 24 hours so the engine may be running
soon I imagine. 3.5kts can get a bit frustrating and as Angus pointed out
yesterday, "If you think about it, we're essentially jogging to Madeira!" which
is painfully true, just a shame we wont be getting as fit if we
were literally jogging there.
At around 10pm we saw our first action from the
water in the shape of Dolphins!!! A school of about 20, which appeared to
be having great fun in the bow of the boat, a pair hit mid air at one point they
were so keen to show off! They stayed with us for about 20mins.
Bit of communication with the outside world at
about 5am, someone contacted us via the VHF! It was a pair of fishing boats
trawling for Hake with a line stretched between them, they were asking us kindly
to atler our course for a short while to avoid getting caught on their lines, to
which we agreed, we still came within about 50 yards of one of the
boats. We did try to get some conversation out of them about their catch
but the type of fish was about as much as we got.
Not sure if Tim is losing it or not at the moment
as he is giving us running comentary on seaguls flying past and getting excited
about 4.5kts of speed, only time will tell.
As I am typing the 'Iron Donkey' has been started
up, what a lovely sound and smell it brings to the boat :-)
Sausages for breakfast, that's all i'm to say on
the food front as I've been told food has been too high on the agenda for the
blogs, but those that know me can understand why :-)
Shout Outs:
To Luke and Matthew, Hi Guys glad to hear you're
following our progress, hope your enjoying your summer!
Written at 10am 4/7
Dad - we received your message ref. to Andy and
Jeff at 22:26 on 3/7 xx
Thats it for now, all the best.
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