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Arcarius of Plymouth - Blog 2 from Bermuda to Azores



The Blue Planet

Days at sea are sometimes punctuated with visits from David Attenborough's wild friends. A turtle cruising by on the current, the day before yesterday, glanced back at Arcarius as she headed to dee sunny Caribbean Sea and raised a flipper to the crew. Another this morning as he floated by on The Transatlantic Expressway greeted our skipper respectfully with the immortal lines "ooh ah skippaaar". Dolphins, although quite illusive at times on the trip are now regular visitors to the boat especially in the early mornings and during the evenings.

The Skipper has a court injunction pending with the Flying Fish who are damaging the side of the boat with kamikaze night flight missions. Worryingly there seems to be no age limit to the fish seconnded into their squadrons. Babies, barely able to fly have been found for dead on the fore decks.

Skipper appears to be taking his interests in wildlife a little too seriously and has let it affect his usually faultless helming. This left the chef of the day, who was mid creation with a tin of condensed Campbell's soup in the galley, dealing with the the aftermath of a tsunami caused by skippers momentary lapse of concentration. He steered the bow of Arcarius into the depths of particularly large wave that sent its contents through the galley port hole causing chaos for the first mate. Fishing has become our Skippers pass time whilst on watch. Today's choice of a feathered lure immediately attracted the attention of some of our other fine feathered friends who turned out to be fully fledged members of the Blue Footed Booby Canoe Club. (cic they looked like gulls to us)

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