Day 5
A delicious evening meal was served on the 'poop' deck, the freshly caught
Dorado (Thanks Buller Bear!!! J) baked in lemon, garlic and onions served
with new potatoes and the seasons vegetables, and a glass of white wine.
Brisk winds over night with the odd squall and gusts in the late 30 knots
saw helmsman Steve touch 12.4 knts/h . Good helming today, Phil saw
12.8knts/h so we are really flying.
Just after dawn there was a fabulous double rainbow (where there is one
rainbow inside a second - there is a particular name for this phenomenen
which we cant remember so someone google it and let us know please?!). The
rainbow was only just short of a full circle with the two ends just close to
the bow. Unbelievable and unforgettable image. By the time we got the camera
up to the bows if had diminished so sorry we can't share that moment.
First day of Christmas was started today with our Danish advent calendar
(Thanks Charlotte and Malene) It's not true that Phil and Steve ate all the
decent chocolates out of the calendar overnight and filled the holes with
sweets from the drawer!
Around lunch time we passed the ΒΌ distance mark with only 2025 nm to go now!
This was celebrated this evening with some 'bubbly' and the most delicious
nibbles of fried rye bread, chorizo, olives and pesto - a true treat
The 4.00 o'clock dolphin show was cancelled today due to lack of dolphins we
are going to give them a call to rearrange.
All the best from Skyelark. (Bob)
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