Voyage to Verde Islands - Day 7
Stargazer of Southampton
Susie and Adam (both think they are skipper)
Sat 18 Dec 2010 07:32
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18:12.10, 18:49.50N 22:02.61W
Great sailing up until about 2 o'clock this
afternoon when the wind stopped, at least it came back to an extent in the
evening but only 5 extremely lightlThe only benefit of this was that we were
able to test our 'Super Solar Shower' (that's what it says on the bag - it is
basically a black bag with a hose on that you leave in the sun to heat the
water) on the deck, miles from anywhere - if anything we had left it in the sun
a bit long and the water was rather warm. Although there are no waves as
such - there are the large rolling hills of swell which also added fun but
not grace to the mid-atlantic outdoor showering experience with shower bag
hoisted above on the mast. The watermaker has been busy today filling the
tanks up again though so we may opt for an indoor shower next time.
Some good highlights today though - when we were
sailing this morning we saw loads of flying fish - the boat must scare them into
flight and we saw groups of probably up to 100 fish at a time flying
off across the water - they go a pretty long way too. But more impressive
still Adam spotted a large whale breaching - not sure of the type of whale,
but after book studying we think it was possibly a Brydes Whale, they are baleen
whales with the right colours and size and breach by jumping straight up
out of the water then flopping down again with a huge splash, it did this
several times but it was behind us so we got further and further
away (sorry Dad - I wasn't quick enough with the camera - too busy
watching). it was also large - we think about half of it left the water an
that looked around 5 - 6 metres. Hope we see some more.
Slow progress being made as there isn't much wind -
but we're getting there.
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