Kindred Spirit - Kindred Spirit

It has been 1 week since we started and we have finally have a decent steady NE breeze blowing us towards the Caribbean at 6kts as of Sunday 26/11. The last few days have tried the captain and crew endurance with many hours of light/no wind that required motor sailing, no fish caught and a temperamental generator all topped off with an estimated arrival time to St Lucia Jan 2018!! Then yesterday (Sat) our fortunes changed we managed to land 2 fish one on standard boat rod and the other on Joanna's crabbing line. Both fish were Boninto and tasted lovely. Then at 1700 the wind filled in from N/NE and has stayed with us ever since. The previous 3 evenings we have motor sailed, so to cruise along in near silence was heaven for those both on and off watch. We spend most of the days alone but Saturday night the only other ship in our Atlantic was on a direct course with us. As the tanker was 200m long i decided to alter course to ensure a 1.8 mile passing gap. This did make my watch more interesting and passed really quickly.
My final note today was to mention 2 new kitchen items i wouldn't go without and all thanks to Nick and Fiona on NoStress.
1. Pressure cooker, reduces gas time by over a half and are much safer than when my aunt Diane had one that used to hiss and sizzle and occasionally explode.
2. Pump Action Thermos, we keep this constantly full of hot water so never wasting any boiled water, ensure a constant supply of tea, coffee and hot chocolate (for Matt during his watch in the only rain we had).
Explore, Drem Discover
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At 27/11/2017 09:03 (utc) our position was 17°55.30'N 023°50.97'W