We started the day with a wonderful rainbow, going fully around to both ends. Perfect motivation to get creative in paperwork with Lonneke. We have a new favourite tool on board: the bucket. Perfect to collect salt water for dish washing, letter paper boats swim and to cool off in a shower!
We also had to get creative (or truly desperate) in our fishing gear. We had a tiny bait left after the Blue Marlin bait theft. Apparently, that small thing worked and a large fish bit it today. Too large, the line broke immediately - again. So we are down now to an octopus imitation made of a tube of hand lotion and some metal left overs as weight. Let's see if we find a semi blind fish going for it. Until then, we have to live with a self-made fish by Lonneke (she asked Mama to make sushi from it).
We are still north of the main fleet and winds continue to be more moderate up here. We are not winning any race with our route choice but as it appears, we are having a most relaxed sailing time so far. So for us, this remains to be a good choice. No squalls or sea weed until now.
Daily run: 135nm