Helen - Day 1 from Ed

A busy start to my first day at sea. Our captain said that we had sailed 134 miles with only 1 hour of motoring.

Three fish called Mahi Mahi were caught and they looked the same colour as my Iguana family. The fishermen said that they were too small and threw them back which seemed a shame. We had corned beef sandwiches and chicken and leak pie instead.

The electricity stopped for a short while so the computer has gone on strike for the rest of the trip. Our captain said that the iPad can take over from the computer.

The coloured sail came out for a short while but it took hours to set and looked very hard work. I couldn't understand all of the language being used to describe the work!

Tomorrow I hope to tell you about the street kids of the Cape Verdes and how I plan to help them.

Please enjoy the sunset that I saw.

Best regards, Ed