16 days at sea 8 dec 2008
The EJ's Voyage
Mike Everton-Jones
Mon 8 Dec 2008 16:05
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Day 16
We've had a very pleasant 24hrs, after the
dead calm of sat night and subsequent opportunity for a swim mid Atlantic Sunday
morning, we motored for the first time under clear skies thru Sun
lunch, fortuitously the wind steadily built and we were back under sail
power by late afternoon. The sunset was spectacular with a huge
pallet of different colours displayed on an array of fluffy clouds along the
horizon as the sun dropped, at which point a significant green flash was
witnessed by Scutch and the Skip. We had a nice bit of roast beef for
dinner and enjoyed a moonlit night with steady winds just of our starboard
quarter, not the expected direction that the trades should blow but
allowing us to keep our course none the less. The 2000 mile mark was
pasted at about 0430hrs this morning and we now have St Lucia plotted as a
waypoint on the GPS and as I am writing this is indicating 896.6nm to
go!
This morning has been much the same with the big
story of "The one that got away", at about 0900hrs something "BIG" bit and the
reel ran out so fast that by the time Scutch got his paws on the reel the strong
line had ran out and we were onto the lighter line underneath, which gave
instantly there was any pressure on it! Scutch however has "jumped
straight back on the horse" and has fashioned a green and yellow
stripped washing up glove into a new lure, watch this space, Catherine is
threatening to have his moustache off if there's no fish landed by
sunset!!!!!
Well its that time of day and my mango n vodka
cocktails not gonna stay cool for long ;)
Lots of love to everyone
J
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