Day 5 Position 20:49.90N 21:27.61W

Symatchmaker
Thu 27 Nov 2008 13:21
The Sea Bream was fantastic - white and meaty and absolutely dripped off the bone. She, (apparently all Sea bream start life as males and then they turn into females as they mature) was trimed, scored down her flanks, and laid in a baking tray with Maldon salt a little olive oil and a few slices of lemon - then parcelled in foil and baked for 40 mins - served with potatoe salad, rice and peas. She was a perfect lunch for 5 hungry crew.
 
We sent out invitations to Katherines Party and all the crew turned up - Katherine opened her cards and we sang a rendition of Happy Birthday which has left lots of room for improvement. We then all posed for the Birthday photograph.
 
Evening supper was a mild Chicken Curry. As the evening watch started we marvelled at the sunset and then gazed at millions of stars and constellations and shooting stars. 
 
For the first half of the night we whooshed along - the phosphoresense glowing and sparkling in our wake like a zip being opened across the Ocean. The star lit night gave us excellent visability. At 4 am the wind got up from 12 knots to 20 knots without any warning and we had to quickly tame the sail and bring down the shute. Andrenaline was pumping but a good job was done by all. (Our first serious maneourve & good execution).
 
Morning came with steadying winds and continued fast speeds.
The run for the day was 203nm - our fastest yet - and enough to get us back on our trip target.
 
Stop Press - Calum has just landed a Dorade - a very pretty fish twice as big as yesterdays Sea Bream - Jen has put it in the Oven in two Baking trays! We shall let you know how it tastes... Lunch is in 20 mins....