Merlyn III - Re: Day 10 - False dawn but enjoying the stark beauty of being truly away from it all...

Beautiful dawns but what did the shepherd say about ‘Red Skies’ – well all started well with a pleasant breeze and we thought the promised trade winds had arrived early –  good to be ahead of the weatherman for a change but .... the steady 12 knots plus are now well below 10 and we are going at a slow jog. So we have deployed our genoa out on a pole and as the attached photo shows, it looks great. The twin fishing lines are deployed for a tasty catch, however the only volunteers to date, have been a few small and rather bony flying fish – they’re not on the menu yet!

 

We are re-purposing food on the turn and enjoyed a delicious banana cake from David, whose final shape was dictated by the gimbals on the oven not being free thus giving it a distinct lilt.

 

We’ve tried to inspire dolphins to appear by playing classical music but so far our tastes in music do not align.

 

Now seemingly well off the shipping lanes, so a real sense of having the ocean and the sky to ourselves, especially at night when millions of stars break up the inky darkness – you realise how small a planet we inhabit in the vast universe.

 

Appear to be about #80 in terms of distance to go so well placed when the winds arrives......................! 

   

 

James