Kelpie - Wednesday 28 November 2018

> 16:59.7N 32:50.5W
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> 151 miles noon to noon run which is gratifyingly fast for Kelpie. The
> weather forecast is for the wind to reduce in front of us so we are slowly
> working our way a bit further south to find a bit more.
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> Chris hooked an absolute monster of a fish and played it really well for
> about 45 minutes before his line broke; I am not sure how we would have
> dealt with it if he had caught it. He got it to within a few feet of the
> boat and it looked big, dangerous and unhappy! Species unknown. Shame
> about his lure though - it was brand new and rejoiced in the name of the
> "X-rap" - so much a better seller than its predecessor the "C-rap"!!
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> That was the second lure he lost today - earlier the line ran out for a
> few seconds, there was a big thump as the rod almost jumped out of its
> socket and then the line broke. I am not worried - he seems to have an
> inexhaustible supply of lures and just before lunch he caught a lovely
> dorado which we will have for supper.
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> In other news, Kelpie is holding together well - long distance sailing is
> really all about being a stand-by mechanic trying to fix stuff faster than
> it breaks - so far its been easy to keep up.
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> We have been getting lovely emails from Leigh, Jane, Johnny and Gina -
> Blighty sounds pretty grim - hope we dont run out of sun block here!
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