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Distraction - 30th November



Hi All, apologies for the lack of communication from Distraction we have been settling into our watch pattern and working at trying to find more wind. And all of our excitement has been good.
After a great start and good wind we have spent nearly a week travelling south to maximise the wind. We have now turned the corner and are heading west!
We have had many visitations from dolphins, shortly before supper yesterday we had an acrobatic display by around 20, and we have been lucky enough to see the magic of dolphins speeding through the phosphorescence at night on more than one occasion. A sight I could never ever tire of. Yesterday saw us pass by a pod of small whales and our first flying fish sighting. Squid have made it onto the deck at night, why do they do that? And, the boots are off even at night so into the warm we go.
Birds have been in short supply so far with a few petrels and a couple of larger birds I have yet to identify.
We are eating like kings very pleasurably supplemented by the fruits of the sea, a wee tuna and our second catch a suitably sized dorado made a very tasty supper. We hope they keep biting even though we are travelling a bit faster now.
The evenings now see the young moon in the nearly clear sky for a while and the numerous shooting stars flashing across. What more could we ask? Best wishes to you all. Karen Murray

Caption: Stu’s second catch!!!





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