Windleblo - Day Two

Dolphins joined us today on several occasions. First, a pod of eight or ten played on our bow. A couple of hours later we were intercepted by about 100 of them, dancing and jumping all around the boat. At first, we were enamored and stopped what we were doing to watch. But by afternoon, it became so common that we kept on with our duties rather than gawk. Their presence augurs well for our voyage.

I mentioned duties. Among them is galley master. We rotate the galley work a day at a time, with each crewman responsible for all cooking and cleaning on his assigned day. Then, he is off for three days. (That's the bonus.) So far, so good, and the job has been made easy by all the prep work last week. In a Las Palmas AirBNB rental we cooked several passage meals, then vacuum packed them using a "seal-a-meal," and finally put them in the freezer several days. Now all we need do for a delicious meal is put the sealed bag in boiling water to heat the contents. Tonight, the Coach prepared a delicious chili with baked potatoes.

Another duty is as Single Side Band radio net controller. John Hoopes volunteered for this duty in Las Palmas, which involves facilitating a discussion among ARC participants over the radio. Every day at Noon on an assigned SSB frequency, we tune in with our fellow ARC boats for a role call and exchange of information. There are three other net controllers, so John is responsible as controller every fourth day.

We've got our brand new deep sea fishing rod attached to the pushpit, with lures deployed. No luck so far, but we were encouraged by another boat who boasted on the radio net of catching a tuna almost immediately upon putting in their lure. Hopefully, soon that will happen to us.