29th Nov Posn and Diary - Part 1
Elvismagic
Thu 29 Nov 2012 22:39
Today we had one large bite on the line both rather early. We believe a
tuna, managed to break threw the leader and claim our lure as his. He will
forever have our lure as a war prize from the battle.
With the wind dropping to 14 knots from straight behind and the large swell
that kept knocking the wind out of the sails. Our speed over ground had dropped
below 4.5 knots. It was time to put the engine on. With the engine going in full
flow some of the crew undertook some running repairs to the boat, more cosmetic
but necessary nonetheless. While other members enjoyed sleep and others trying
to improve their vernacular.
We still haven’t seen any other vessel since leaving Cape Verde and it
seems that we are now going to count planes and satellites on our watch so it
doesn’t appear that we are quite this far from civilization. So far we have
counted 1 satellite.
29th Nov Position at 2200 UT 16:51.7N 045:06.8W COG 275 T, SOG 7 kts.
Motoring along in lighter trades. 944 nm to
Antigua. |