Graptolite - Nearly 0 degrees South
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Fri 15 Feb 2008 03:10
It's been cold and damp again today. I must have been too long in the
Tropics as somewhere on this trip 25 degrees Celsius became 'cold'.
No success with the fish again today although Colin devised some heavy-duty
tackle to get the lure deeper in the water and caught a drift net while we
were distracted by a fast boatload of what we thought were pirates racing
towards us. The 'pirates' turned out to be fishermen trying to tell us
about their net. Fortunately the very strong line Colin was using gave way
first. We are fast running out of lures.
The Equator should be crossed in the early hours of the morning, unless the
wind dies altogether. This should sort out the old salts from the weekend
sailors when everybody gets woken up to drink champagne in the drizzle.
M