Yesterday
we saw quite a spectacle, a school of tuna around our boat for the entire
afternoon. This morning they were still there. And if that’s not amazingly
enough, they were giving away quite a show jumping out of the water all the
time. I wonder if it is some kind of feeding technique coming up from below and
hitting small fish. Due to the impact the tuna jumps involuntarily out of the
water. I know white sharks do it that way sometimes.
Anyway it
was very funny watching tuna trying to outdo the Flying Fish. Maybe it’s a new
kind of tuna: ¨Flying Tuna¨ a cross breed between serious tuna and the
adrenaline addicted flying fish. Or maybe it’s just regular tuna with an
identity crises.
We tried
to catch them by holding out our fishing net but no luck. The tuna were smarter
than that.
The rest
of the day was hardly noteworthy. As usual we had very little wind and did a
couple of sail changes. We reefed down to a Genoa at night to ensure enough rest. Yannick
has fallen asleep on watch twice so he needs to get more sleep and is not
allowed to lay down during watch. So it is watching DVD’s for him. At least it
keeps him awake.
School is
a good way to fill part of the day and Isabelle is ahead of schedule so Alec can
have a week off when we arrive in St Lucia. Lego building is also
popular and today we build a city. It kept the kids occupied for another two
hours. We are 10 days at sea now. The kids don’t mind and keep playing like
always. They don’t even ask when we will be in St
Lucia. Like it is the most natural way crossing
the Atlantic and sail for 24 days on end.
Yep, 24 or
25 days is what is looks like now for the total crossing. But I’ve stopped
looking at the arrival and I’m slowly coming to terms with a very slow crossing
and being at sea for some 15 more
days…