Hi All
The Flying Duckman is now in her stride up to 11 knots of boat speed with 18 knots of wind, generally bowling along nicely duing 8 to 9 knots with the cruising chute up most of the time.
The Ducks are all working hard to as to arrive in St Lucia not too late for the breeding season! The Ducks are also settling down all OK to life onboard arranging their nests to suit, all feeding well, but Duck wind has been a problem for some!
What's Up Duck (Charlie) is keeping us all entertained, he is our most mature Duck with fine silver down head plumage, with mahogany body feathers. He is also one of the noisiest Ducks and seems to require more liquid in take than the others, as long as the liquid is either brown or clear with bubbles! He is currently carrying out a stock take, to ensure there is suffient liquid onbaord so he doesn't have to fly off to a passing cruise liner for extra supplies.
The aroma of freshly baked bread and scones is wafting up from the galley and the Ducks eagerly await their next feed.
The huge expance of water is a real treat for the Ducks compared to their home waters of Windermere. They have been fishing this morning and after only 15 minutes a moster was hooked. 650 meters of line ripped from the reel and ping, feathers flew. Never mind is was too big anyway.
Although our course is top secret, does anyone know what the beer is like in the Cape Verde Islands?
Back to the fishing and left over scones for bait.
Best Wishes to all from, Rubber, What's Up, Peking, Crispy, Duck Bill, Daffy and Whooper.