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Skyelark of London - Day 3 - writing the brochure



Gentle downwind sailing, barefoot, shorts and t-shirt, lazy days in the sun,
cocktails on deck at sunset, daily dolphin shows and fresh fish for lunch.
That's what the brochure promised and that's what has been delivered over
the last 24 hours!
You may have noticed on the Yellowbrick tracker that we have opted to
continue to head south. The idea is to keep the wind behind us and avoid the
windless area to the west of us. I am happy to report that we are gently
gliding along on a beam to broad reach in a flat calm sea.
Shorts and t-shirts are the norm in the afternoon sun and I don't even know
where my shoes are stashed away, as I have not needed them since Las Palmas.
Life on board has been good. Mom, you will be pleased to know that I have
not suffered from any seasickness and as far as I know, the same is true for
everyone else.

Yesterday afternoon we received the first progress report and we were please
to find that we are ahead of all our friends on other boats. The decision to
keep to the southerly route was promptly celebrated with a bottle of Rioja
at sunset, complete with nibbles.
We feared we may lose our wind during the night, but we have managed to hang
on to it and we continue to sail reasonably well. Our efforts were rewarded
this morning at dawn when a group of dolphins joined us on the bow. Bob has
video footage for those who are interested.
We were enjoying our lazy day at sea this morning, when things kicked into
action! Just when we thought things could not get any better, Dan landed a
small Dorado! I have never been fishing, so all of this is very new and
exciting to me - one minute all was calm, the next I saw a splash behind the
boat and within minutes Dan was pulling a beautiful green and blue
glistening fish from the water. Loftus and I (fairly unsuccessfully) tried
to throw some alcohol down its gills, but Dan came to the rescue by chopping
its head off. Within minutes Amy (we have decided to name our catch) was
gutted, cleaned and in the fridge, ready for a lunchtime snack.

Melindie

P.S. Just when you think we couldn't pack anything more into one day, the
wind died and it was overboard for a refreshing swim. It's not every day you
get to swim in 3.5km of water! And to round it all off, most of us had our
first shower of the trip!


Bob tucking into Amy (the fish)

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