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Adina - Day 11 A Buzz of Flying Fish



Day 11 and Adina is getting into a rhythm of life at sea.

People appear at various stages of the morning and by afternoon everyone is up. A lot of reading books now - heck even Skip is reading a book. Tom's reading Tom Sharpe's Wilt Alternative, Susie has Ben Ainslie, Neil is reading The Black Swan: The impact of the highly improbable, Lindsay is alternating between Trafalgar and The Art of Racing in the Rain (a story about a dog) while Gareth watches DVDs on his ipad.

The parasailor has now been up for nearly 48 hours and flown for two nights, and is still doing a fabulous job. Please, please keep it up nice little parasailor.

Flying fish abound and we see groups of up to 15 in the air - do we call them a school, a pod, a flock? We quite like a buzz of flying fish as they do buzz like bees.

Plumey has been a bit poorly but is on the mend as all the boys breath deep sighs of relief...visions of the Lord of Flies if she didn't recover.

Given this is proving to be a long trip due to the light winds, our minds are starting to think about making food last. Spam is an utterly last resort, we will eat the dinghy first. In the mean time Gareth made a nice curry using fast expiring leeks.

Each night each comment on the blog is read out loud and enjoyed. We're going to try and answer some of the questions people have posted us.

Neil's Dad asked about GPS and why our altitude varied between 2 to 15m. The altitude is calculated by GPS triangulation and there are two error factors. Firstly, if the GPS satellites are too close or too far apart then the GPS' vertical accuracy can degrade by up to 10 metres. Secondly, the GPS assumes the ocean is a solid and smooth surface when in fact tides and waves move us up and down from this assumed sphere.

Many have asked about the squid landing on our deck and Lindsay 'inkifying' them when she accidentally steps on one. We've had about four now - we simply think they get deposited by waves.

Onto quiz time, yesterday's answer as to who said he was going to don a t-shirt as it was getting chilly is Neil. On that note the sea temperature is 27c and we've vowed when we get becalmed again we're going for a swim. Must remember to leave someone on the helm!

Soooo...Who said "I'm sorry I woke you up with my squeals!" after seeing a pod of dolphins.

This is Adina basking in the sun at 14 degrees north

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