Layla - "That sail" 24 Nov 19

As you might have seen we are staying south, roughly the same direction as the humour on the boat is heading.
The new watch system is going well with the sun rise shift voted as the best whilst the one before from 3am to 6am not seeming popular! (It’s dark when you come on… dark when you go off and you might be sleeping when breakfast is served)

Fishing attempts have not been that successful – 2 fish snagged by H but lost it before he reeled them in, 1 wooden plank hooked with the loss of the tracer and lure… still we are going 7 1/2 knots and it is quite fast for a fish to hang onto the hook. The flying fish are sympathetic to our cause though and a small one was found on the galley floor this morning… how it made it there we can only imagine.

Yesterday we tried to get the furling Gennaker set (or “that sail” as my wife calls it) and found that it had not been furled evenly the last time. Up she went… she bagged and then down she came. Right now the sail is sail tied to the toe rail waiting on the lighter winds that are forecast later this week.

So far everything on board is going well, sail, tack and pole changes are getting smoother as we get used to the routine although the RayMarine did crash on night 2 causing the auto helm to turn off. It recovered perfectly and has run perfectly since. B sounded the emergency horn and we all made it on deck within a couple of minutes (dazed but ready for action!)

We are all looking after each other with some stunning at sea cuisine and getting used to the fact that dinner can take up to 2 hours to prep / cook and clean up! We are not going hungry :-)
Today has been restful although as I type this our captain is getting itchy to pull some lines!

Layla out.