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Skyelark of London - The one that got away, and the one we freed.



To celebrate the start of the Christmas season on 1 December, we cracked open some Danish Christmas beers over sundowners last night and put some Christmas music on. We hope and believe that we will reach St Lucia before Christmas! But the weather gods have not been kind to us and we keep on finding ourselves in a wind hole. Hopefully that will change soon.

Over the last 36 hours we have had 3 lures on the line. Yesterday afternoon saw Loftus and my lure, Maximus, catch two fish. The first was a small tuna, called Donnatella, which was turned into sushi and the second was a catch and release we named Ethics. Loftus and I both felt that it was right to set this small fish free. After lunch Danielle, Kit's lure, was deployed.

Another week, another swim in the sea! After a day of motoring we were treated to another swim this afternoon. It is so refreshing to hit the water, as its getting pretty hot so close to the equator. 

Soon after our swim the wind picked up and we were able to sail again, on a gentle broad reach. We must be in Poseidon's favour, as shortly after hoisting the sail we were treated to our first dolphin show and almost at the same time something was biting our fishing line. It turned out to be a massive marlin, trashing about. To my relief the line was not able to hold it and after a short struggle the line snapped. I am told that the hook in its mouth will rust away quickly. Fingers crossed.


And then the final treat of the day was the second, spectacular dolphin show. A large pod of dolphins followed us and played around our bow, just as the sun was setting.

And on a final note, we have now moved to "boat time". As we are so far west, the skippers have taken the decision to move our watches our hour back. I believe we will do this 3 more times by the time we get to St Lucia.

Keep well! Melindie



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