The Atlantic - 22 November

Dearloves
Tue 22 Nov 2005 21:15
The fish Nick caught was tremendous, and it fed us
all for two delicious meals.
![]() We identified it to be a dolphin fish.
Later we were treated to a spectacular
sunset:
![]() Today has been a quiet day with mainly NE
2-3. Activities on board included hairdressing:
![]() We were passed by Ocean Strider (a Moody 44) who
admitted they were motoring! They have two daughters on board so Alice had
a good chat with them over the VHF.
![]() Ocean Strider
We spoke to Stewart Oliver on Azure (Swan 48) on
the VHF - they are around 10 miles away and have had a water maker
failure. This means that aside from drinking water they are allowed only
one cup of fresh water a day for cleaning teeth, washing etc. We also
spoke to Blase (Dufour Classic 41), who are around 25 miles away. They have seen
a sperm whale.
![]() Alice monkeying around
The wind has now gone to the North. We are
sailing quite slowly but have resisted motoring (other than half an hour
yesterday). The boat has a gentle rock from side to side, but we no longer
notice it and no-one has trouble spending time down below now (except Alice when
she doesn't want to wash up!)
Here is a picture of us eating dinner this evening
- very civilised! We do not expect this to last...
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