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True Colours - Happy Together (Clue)



Position 14:35.36N 036:51.40W
 
For readers of this blog (assuming there are any) who are both old enough to remember 1960s/70s hit music, and are also fond of puzzles, the subject header of this piece may had told you what is to come – others, you may have to read to the end.  But on to the blog...
 
All on board seems to be getting a bit repetitive.
 
Sailing through the night watches, with the wind gradually dying, until the engine went on at 02.00.  Come dawn, a breeze reappeared, enough to set the asymmetric and give a consistent 6 knots of boat speed, but then the wind started to fade, perhaps a little earlier than we had expected, and the engine came on again at 12.00.  Looks like we will be motoring for possibly another 24 hours, but after that it looks like we will have increasing winds all the way to St Lucia.  We should have enough fuel for the motoring, we have already transferred 40 litres from cans to the main tank but will leave the remaining 40 litres of slightly dubious cans and fuel we bought in Sao Vicente until we are forced to use them.
 
Two events today – one memorable, and one not so.  Not so? – caught another fish – good eating size – but it did a runner as it came alongside, taking with it the lure, and the lure from the other rod which had become entangled with it.  Since then we have lost a third lure so it’s been an expensive day’s fishing for no reward
 
More memorable?  At about 12.30 there was a significant impact – we had hit something.  Toby and James were relaxing below and rushed up to join the others on deck to spot something on the surface in our wake.  Fishing rods were reeled in, and we turned the boat around to retrace our wake and see what the object was.  True Colours unerringly returned to the spot (i ever we have the misfortune to have an MOB I hope we can repeat the trick) and discovered that we had hit a giant turtle;  it was huge, probably 2m across  its back with a massive head.  It was alternating between doing summersaults in the water and swimming beneath the surface.   We took pictures, and all silently prayed that we had not injured it too badly and that it would recover.
 
And the subject of this piece? – “Happy Together” was The Turtles’ greatest hit.
 
 
 


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