Yesterday was another "relaxing" day. We had light winds
all day & not from a very good angle. When we set course for the
Azores our speed was down to 4 kts, but when we set a more northerly course our speed
increased to nearer 6 kts.......all in all a frustrating day but at least the
sun shone all day. When Martin & Kristian arrived in the BVI they were as
white as sheets after a long cold nordic winter, but now they have both aquired
a good tan.
Our fishing is equally frustrating.....when we reeled
the line in at sunset, after another fishless day, we discovered we had caught
two small plastic bags.
So far on this trip we have hooked one whopper which
smashed the tackle & that's after we upgraded to 100lb line & a wire
tracer.....Another large fish swimming around sporting pink mouth jewelry!! Other than
that we have caught nothing!!
On the plus side we were visited by some north atlantic
wild life. First 4 dolphins payed us a short visit before continuing they
journey north. Next a few whales a mile or so behind us treated us to a display of
trumpet blowing; it looked like columns of light grey smoke rising out of the
sea. Then two turtles gave us a friendly wave as we sailed passed them.the highlight was
yet to come. As Soy & I were in the galley preparing a lemon risotto, a
large black whale swam passed us going in the opposite direction less than 50 metres away. (the
boys thought that was a gin induced illusion- i wish!-Soy)
Dinner was as usual superb!! Lemon risotto with stir
fried chicken & water chestnuts. A note on Soy's comment yesterday. The only
reason she refers to her wine glass as a "thimble", is because at home she drinks red
wine out of a glass the size of a bucket!!!
Today at last we have good wind in a near perfect
direction......making over 8kts pointed straight
at the Azores. Long may it last!!
David.
soy's note: a very very small bucket!