Abraxas - 01/12/13 Quest for the golden fleece

So since our last update, we have had an interesting time weather wise. Yesterday we had stormy conditions, gusting 37 knots at its best. We had big waves and decided that we would have to run with it and in order to do this, we needed to loose the main completely and have sailed since with just the headsail.  Last night we had thunder and lightning, with no boats around us at all so it really did feel like we were sailing into the darkness with nothing in sight. We caught another fish today but sadly it escaped just as we came to recover it onboard the boat.  Never mind there are still plenty of reserves in the freezer so we are not reliant on our fishing exploits. 

 

Today is a beautiful day with about 15knots of breeze and brilliant sunshine, a total contrast from the past 36 hours where we have all been heavily rained on.  Sleeping has not been easy either as the boat has been so rolly and unstable it is simply not possible to get into a rhythm.  Today we are working through some of the jobs that were not possible over the past few days.  These have included cleaning the heads, washing up and recovering the broken lazy jacks from up the mast.  Igor has just returned from up there and is full of stories and has taken several photographs in his inevitable style.

 

Karen keeps suggesting that we play a game in evening but the boys are not up for it yet.  Give time and i’m sure the boredom will kick in.

 

As we type, there are plenty of flying fish jumping from the ocean (Nick just wishes one would jump on his hook).

 

Hope all well with you all at home.  Nick and rest of team Abraxas