Fish 1 Mojo 1
Worthy Sailing Mojo
Paul Worthington
Fri 24 Nov 2023 12:49
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20:50.77N 22:58.34W
11.00GMT Friday 24th November.
Currently 100 miles due north of the easternmost island
of the Cape Verde archipelago - approx 660 Nm covered from Las
Palmas.
making good progress with a following wind so averaging
7 knots.
Yesterday - Thursday - we had some bad news - we lost
"James" overboard - James being the man overboard practice buoy. He slipped his
lashings and made a bid for freedom and to travel the worlds
oceans.
Felt pretty bad about losing some plastic overboard
since we have been fastidious about putting only waste food overboard. We hope
our small contribution to plastic in the ocean will be washed up and put to use
by a fisherman in West Africa...
On board its important to wash out the waste packaging
before crushing and storing since the smallest amount of food will soon turn
putrid in these warm conditions.
The crew are bonding well and we had community sing song
yesterday - Paul substituting the real words with a version he picked up in the
army.
Overnight we had a perfectly clear night with
the moon shining brightly and with a star in the west to guide us by. With
the moon so bright there was not the usual ceiling of the Milky way.
We spend many an hour gazing at the stars and trying to identify the various
constellations and stars and wondering at the skills and knowledge of Sailors of
bygone years with only the stars to guide them.
On that point - Paul and I had a go with the
Sextant at the meridian passage yesterday - after some extremely complicated
calculations came up with a position just three miles from our actual
position (or so he says - we have no way of checking...).
A spectacular sunrise this morning at 7 o'clock as the
sun rose majestically like a Golden Orb from the ocean to herald a
new day.
Little did we know at the time,but the day would
bring much celebration as we landed a fish! A Mahi Mahi - so its fresh
Fish for lunch today. Michel has already prepper him and got him
in the oven.
So it's now Fish 1 - 1 Mojo.
We've been listening on the radio to other crews telling
of their fishing exploits and the one's that got away - so it's bragging
rights for us today.
Need to do a sail change now as we are turning towards
the west and our final destination...
Colin
Lunch |
