Fw: Ships in the dark
Storyteller
Thu 5 Jun 2008 01:13
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Position 16.39S 170.31W
In this part of the world we don't expect to see
any other ships or yachts so we were surprised to see two last night. One was
simply a distant light that didn't return any image on our radar. The other was
a very large trawler. It was a blaze of lights and our radar showed that it was
steering a very erratic course. Although we passed only half a mile away it was
not possible to see its nationality. Beautiful sailing last night and today so
our fuel crisis has been averted.
Grilled tuna last night was delicious. Our
challenge now is to eat up all the remaining fruit, vegetables and eggs or they
will be confiscated by the agriculture officials when we get to
Tonga.
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