Day 13 - Thoughts from mid Atlantic
Sawsealady
David Moore
Fri 8 Dec 2006 13:27
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Day 13 Thoughts from
mid Atlantic
Hello. It's your friendly bloghead Oscar here. Peter
is too busy prancing around the yacht reciting Tennyson to put fingertips to
laptop so I am covering. On a personal note I am pleased with my rod.
Although yet to land 'the big one', I did get an hoursworth of fishing in
yesterday afternoon. All was going well until David decided to shake out
two reefs and then put them back in again within the space of ten minutes.
I found myself winding in two hundred yards of line as quickly as
possible. I'll put out less in future. You start to wonder
about the whole activity when the vessel dips down below the line from the
reel. Sharp tugs are just waves biting at the line. I will
persevere.
 It's Ronald McDonald's birthday today so we might have a
happy meal as well as a happy hour tonight. I wished him 'happy birthday'
at 3am this morning when we came on watch together. He replied that at his
age you rely on others reminding you it's your birthday. Was
totally shattered by the end of the watch at 6am. I think I managed to
accidentally gybe SSL 3 times in the last 10 minutes so exhausted was
I. Anyways, the positive news is we have turned over the crease
on the chart and can now 'see' the green of land.
Sometimes the voyage seems never-ending. Doing anything
just takes time. Holding on to a handle whilst making a cuppa, getting
dressed or sleeping is part of everday life. As I write the
mouse has just shot off the table. I for one can't wait to pee like a
male again. Sitting down girl style (in order not to hose down the whole of the
heads) is not something we were designed for, but it's necessary! Sorry to
have to go into it - but it's important you know.
Looking forward to land, but at the same time realising
this is not something that happens week in week out.
OSCAR
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