Friday

Weyve
Kev and Jan Sherwood
Fri 28 Aug 2020 11:47

36:48.928N 13:39.552W

 

Hi all

 

Nothing much to report . Light winds most of the time so just plodding along and aiming to be in Madeira on Monday which gives us plenty of time to practice our fishing. We need it ! So far we’ve stabbed one fish , lost our giant lure to the  Kraken ( nothing else could have swallowed it )  and taken half a knot off our speed by trolling an enormous fluorescent green squid with some sort of electronics inside it that looked highly suspicious.

I wasn’t expecting it to be so cloudy out here which has made the solar power a bit less chargy than I hoped.  We haven’t run out of power at all which is a good except our fridge thinks it’s still connected to lead acid batteries and turns off because it thinks they’re dead when in reality the lithiums have only just started warming up. Another job to do in Madeira.

Good news – the no alcohol rule has gone overboard and we are now allowed a tipple at lunch , I’m working hard on having this ration increased and have high hopes .

Hear you’re still having crap weather in the UK , we wish we were there to feel the discomfort with you but hey-ho , can’t everything.

 

xx