Scolamanzi - First two days on our way to Bermuda:
First two days on our way to Bermuda:
The most unwanted weather If I could give it back I will I did not order this at all!! No winds and the little bit that is coming our way is not from the right direction so the iron sails are working too much to our liking!
Yesterday s highlight was the water spout (it looks like a miniature tornado on the see!) that was heading right at us! We had to change course to miss it and it only passed us about 300-400 meters on our port side! Hopefully that will be a good picture to post in Bermuda!
It was great that we could shut down the engine last night after deviating off the Rum Line to catch a bit more of that wind to average about 6.5 knots with both sails up it stayed pretty steady during the night and it is always a relief if no sail changes is needed in the middle of the night!
The shifts of 4 hours during the day and 3 at night works fine we struggled to get to bed on night one due to all the excitement but after a day of catch-up sleep the smiles are back on all faces! Like my sister would have said I sounded this morning as if I ve been sleeping in the knife drawer pretty edgy and sharp!
Anyway the fishing was pretty good today... at 8am we caught 2 tuna simultaneously on both the lines and just before lunch a nice medium size Mahi-mahi (Dolphin Fish)! Very exciting at least something is happening and it is not sailing!
We suspect the field is pretty stretched out at the moment and can only hope that all the boats will make it before noon on Saturday in Bermuda!
Henriette
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