Zaurak - Day 3

Zaurak day 3, Tuesday 5th June 2018

Novice news

As it is my first major journey out on the great seas in a 50 foot yacht, the crew are being vigilant in checking after my welfare. I'm glad, however, that no one asked me in the early hours of this morning when I discovered that waves have the ability to keep time. At 2.50am, ten minutes before my watch was due to start, my body, wrapped in a duvet was flung violently onto the floor, as if by some kind of manhandling alarm clock, with my face planted straight into my wet weather gear.

That said, during the watch, just after dawn, a fin broke the water, followed by another three. Either we were looking at enormous dolphins or they were porpoises. After a search around the boat for a book of sea animals, we had to suffice with guesswork. We now have a crude sketch of the potential porpoises and look forward to Bayona to confirm or deny our theory.

In other news, we have gone from a crew of six to a crew of eight. Lesley 1 and Lesley 2 joined us somewhere after Ushant. We now find ourselves in a Life of Pi-esque situation. We should have showed our human superiority over the plumed up pigeons and booted them out to aim for home long ago. However, the nearest bit of land is now 150nm away. Instead, we have handed over the stern for the birds to poop and preen, whilst we cautiously throw bread in their direction. Earlier today the brazen beasts took a stroll around the foredeck before resuming a confident position at the stern. I heard one say they might be able to apply for squatter's rights.

Crew member Claire (human not pigeon) managed to catch a mackerel last night and we had some delicious chunks of white meat and lemon.

More novice news tomorrow,
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