December 1st
Fish Count remains on “2” – No more lures lost
Steady day motor sailing direct to our destination. The wind speed has steadily increased, and we have been sailing with our Fore main, Main and “A” sails up for several hours. We have now taken down the “A” sail and we are goose winging downwind with the motor running, maintaining a good average speed.
Weather is good, sun is hot, sea state is regular, as we surf down the waves.
One of the guys (James) got hit by a flying fish during the night, while he was helming. (woke him up!!)
A pod of dolphins was sighted, approximately 20, they came to say hello and played in our bow wave for several minutes.
5 Flying fish were recovered from our decks this morning
Everyone on board is in high spirits, as we head towards our destination St Lucia, we can all taste the rum punch and beers on our tongues. Everyone on board is getting nicely suntanned in this hot weather, its difficult getting out of the sun.
We have all gone back to our original watch pattern of 4 hrs on 4 hrs off, throughout each 24 hrs, so life becomes a little harder again. The 2 hrs on 6 off for the past couple of days was good to catch up on lost sleep.
Hi Galya, got your email, pleased for you that you passed your teacher practical exams in India, work hard for the philosophy in Sanskrit, don’t worry you will get it. Look forward to seeing you on the 11th Dec in Paphos, Hugs and kisses xx Enjoy your few days off in India at the end of your training.
Thats all from Ocean Ventures crew xx
November 30th
Wait for this!
Fish Count “2” – A tuna, snapped at our hook, and was caught after a prolonged period of trying to get the fish landed. A gimble fishing harness was worn, many helpers at hand. A lot of pulling and tugging to get the fish on board (a Royal Battle). Roars of laughter broke out amongst the crew that could be heard as far away as Grand Canary and St Lucia as a baby skip jack tuna was pulled out of the water and landed on the pushpit, the fish weighed at least ½ Kilo. Well done George!!
Our newly caught prize was devoured at lunch today, George making an excellent Sushi, along with pie, coleslaw, cheese, and chorio prepared by Susie.
We are still motor sailing along, speeding along at just over 8 knots, our fuel status is good and we are making steady progress towards our goal of St Lucia. The weather is hot, sunny and blue skies, its difficult to stay out of the suns harmful rays. Everyone on board is happy, we have been given the license to shower and use up some of the water to make the boat lighter. The wind is gradually increasing as I write this blog, 10 knots recorded.
Today we will pass the halfway mark 1350 nautical miles, celebrating tonight with gammon, egg and chips, with a beer. Yippee!!
In memory of Simons late father and mother, he dispatched from the port side of Ocean Venture a commemorative battle of Trafalgar coin at the mid point crossing of the Atlantic Ocean (1350 nautical miles). It was Simons late fathers dream to sail across the Atlantic Ocean which he did not manage to achieve before his passing away.
This is Ocean Venture signing off xx