Last night’s watches began in high
spirits following our celebratory champagne and canapés. Everyone has stepped up to the helm and
done an excellent job of maintaining a consistent speed of between 8 and 10
knots. Position reports show that
we have crept up on a number of boats ahead of us, and this has spurred everyone
on to keep focused and keep moving as fast as possible (in a totally
non-competitive way of course!)
Excitement arose last night with
the sighting of a bright orange flashing light on the horizon. The initial reaction was that it could
be a flare but after a little investigation, plans to divert and perform a
heroic rescue were averted as we worked out it was a weather buoy, quite
amazingly anchored in 4000m of ocean.
Fishing was resumed this morning
with a change of bait, Matts tried and tested wooden lure having failed him
apparently for the first time! The
new bait seemed to work as twice this afternoon the whizzing of the reel
triggered action on deck…however it seems we are destined for another chorizo
supper as both times the fish got away.
It seems you just can’t get the fishermen these days! Perhaps if my Dad
or brother Charlie were here things may have been different!
Crew relations remain excellent as
we look forward to the final 750 miles of adventure and the inevitable party at
the other side. As I type it seems
by the noise upstairs that we may have hooked another fish…
Love to my Mum and other
family/friends reading this…
Pip xx
ps. I take it all back it turns out
that fish was a 50lb Sail Fish! A little bit big to get on the boat so still no
fish supper but happy fishermen!
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