Falcon - Sea Day 5

Only 152 miles run today; we hope that we haven’t upset King Neptune in any way and that he will again bless us with the fair winds and calm seas so we can return to racking up the miles in the quantity we have become accustomed.

The main highlight of the day was the loss of the skipper’s favourite cap overboard whilst changing sail plan. This provided some acute sadness for Ade, but, in this ‘Ying and Yang’ boat world of ours, a priceless comedy moment for the crew! To add further angst to the now capless Cap’n, the soon-to-be sunburnt egghead declared mutinous sedition when James refused to dive in after it!

Further merriment was provided at the skipper’s expense when we delighted in his grimacing face of disgust as the innards of another suicidal flying fish (number seven) oozed between his toes as he firmly planted his size 12s with undue care and attention on the foredeck.

Spirits onboard are raising as we can now sense landfall at which point spirits of a different kind will be raised to celebrate the first third of our Atlantic adventure complete. In the meantime the skipper has dictated that floggings will continue until morale improves!