25:48.6S 166:27.7E Fishburger
Salsa af Stavsnas
Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Sat 6 Jun 2015 05:28
Yesterday was a nice day of sailing, but under
stress, we had to keep up speed to avoid the worse of a thunder/rain
front.
Just before dawn we caught a Mahe-mahe, not a big
one, about 5 kg. Perfect to haul in without slowing down.
Part of that fish became fishburgers today on
French bread with a home made dressing, salad, tomato and
onion.mmmmmmm
All night the wind was veering setting off the
autopilot alarm.But we kept up a good speed of 7-8 knots and maybe we just made
it out of the front.
Right now it is raining on us being much darker
behind than in front of us. In a couple of hours the wind shall start to pick up
more speed, we have about 20 knots from the East now, then we will also start
navigating more SW, we have kept a 180 degree line south of New
Caledonia.
It is amazing, while Im navigating etc here far out
in the Pacific, Andreas Ipad has city sounds coming out of it. Andreas is
playing SIM city.
For those that dont know what it is, you are the
mayor of a city that you can make grow or shrink depending on how smart
decitions you make.
So while Im looking at the wind patterns to decide
if we should reef a bit more, Andreas asks me wether he should invest in a
sewage station or a policestation... Those virtual worlds. Well I have a virtual
world in front of me, the plotter that becomes my reality in a world that is
just sea-sea-sea.
Waves are about 3 meter and getting more steep now
as the wind is getting stronger.
It is really cold, Im wearing my sailing pants now,
full length (how long ago did I have othen than shorts? Cannot remember..., a
big sweater and a scarf. Last night both Ellinor and took turns on a winter cap
when on watch.
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