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Skyelark of London - Halfway again!



Today's sailing involved gibing to get a better wind angle for our chosen route to St Lucia. This involved some pole dancing around the mast for some crew members and a lot of pulling and letting ropes go on both port and starboard side of the yacht for others. Winds are still slightly on the light side but we are making good steady progress.

Yesterday we reached our halfway point based on the route we chose whereas today we reached the factual halfway point based on the remaining distance to St Lucia being 50% of the direct distance between Gran Canaria and St Lucia. This was celebrated with a bottle of bubbly and the most amazing lamb shank you can imagine prepared by our onboard chef disguised as co skipper Dan.

On the fishing front we enjoyed the rest of Friday in Thai fish cakes format for lunch, Gertrud is still awaiting an appropriate application in the fridge, but a coronation fish dish or maybe curried fish is on the cards for tomorrow. Erico had another go with his lure, Fabio, with limited success consisting of 3 confirmed bites but no landings. Some repairs to the lure were done after it was recovered looking a bit unloved and it is now back in the water. Soon my lure, Maximus, will make a return and be victorious.

Otherwise life on board is pleasant with lots of sunshine and time to relax during the day. Night watches are flying by while we stare into the brilliant starry skies that you only get when 1500 miles away from light and other pollution. Just fantastic.

Best wishes to all our readers and good night from Skyelark. Loftus



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