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Skyelark of London - Christmas has arrived!



Said good bye to the Cape Verde Islands and started our westward flight. Overnight we had a lesson in the points of sailing with the wind going from dead astern to a broad reach, a beam reach and a close reach all within 6 hours. We must have passed the overnight sail changing exam as today has been a great beam reach towards St Lucia - just as promised in the brochure.

First tuna of the trip was landed using a lure named Maximus. The fish currently holds the record interval between swimming in the sea to being served as sashimi of just 15 minutes. Fresh or what?

Realised that today is 1st December so decided to celebrate Christmas just a little early. Danish Christmas beer was followed by some schnapps, the recipe of which should be sent to the people at Porton Down for analysis. A roast chicken dinner was accompanied with Christmas Carols by Annie Lennox: for the avoidance of doubt, we haven't smuggled an extra person on board just listened to her excellent CD 'A Christmas Cornucopia'. Do get a copy.

As the sun sets on a perfect day's sailing, we are preparing for the night watches that will speed us on towards St Lucia.

Kit



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