Conditions have now settled down. Wind has dropped to
15/20 Knts. Temperature is 24 degrees, mixture of sunshine and cloud, such
weather for late November. These conditions are forecast to continue for the
rest of the week with the wind gradually going lighter. Our notional interim
way point is 25 degrees North, 25 degrees West. You should be able to see our
position any time on the YB tracker. No rain, so with deepest sympathy for all
at home we ran the water maker. We are planning showers for all tomorrow.
The sea state is easier. We have set the main as well as
the twinned poles. We gybed twice just to keep the crew busy! Des's competitive
instincts were teased when we heard on the SSB radio net that one boat had
caught a tuna and another had caught two doradoes. Now we are fishing as well!
However most of the crew felt we should take something from the deep freeze,
that is those of little faith! Sam and Des are competing with a line each, Des
is using a pink squid and Sam is using a green fishy. Hope to tell you tomorrow
which is more appealing (I don't mean Sam or Des!)
We discovered that running the generator interfered with
our transmissions on the SSB radio. Other boats can now hear us loud and clear
as we make sure it is shut down when we are using the SSB. The radio net starts
with a call over and we each report our position, speed conditions etc. Then we
get the gossip. One boat lost its rib, presumably it was hanging off davitts at
the stern and clearly not strapped down.
The fleet has dispersed and we can see just one other, a
Norwegian Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 54.
All well nobody sick, all ok, again no reply or
acknowledgement. Even though this is to lots of people it counts as one email
but any individual reply counts against our credit.
Ever hopeful I have delayed this email as long as
possible but alas dinner from the freezer is now served.
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