Keoma - 23 November
Dearloves
Wed 23 Nov 2005 17:45
At around 7.30am this morning, those of us
still in bed heard Alice shout "dolphins!" We jumped out of bed and ran up
onto the foredeck, to see four spotted dolpins playing at the bow. During
Amanda's night watch she heard whales blowing behind the boat - they had
swum up from behind.
For breakfast we had fruit salad:
Amanda, Alice and Pip making fruit
salad
This is partly because the fruit we bought at the
market does not seem to be lasting well and we have already had to throw away
quite a lot because they were mouldy.
We started the day with a lovely NE 3 and had the
spinnaker up.
Stressed out Deacons
Alice has had a good chat with Emily from Blase
over the VHF - she is getting quite an expert at saying "over" and all the other
rules of radio operation. Emily said that they have caught two dolphin
fish and also had two get away. They heard a large whale last night
too.
The wind has now died to nothing - the boat is
gently rocking in the waves with the spinnaker just hanging there. We have
the generator running and are making water, while we wait to see what happens
with the wind. Amanda and Juliet have just made cheese
scones with the children, which are going down very well. The photo above
shows that Charlie is regrowing his beard (regaining what Alice and Pip call his
"Hagrid" look).