Position: 02 degrees, 28 minutes South; 128 degrees, 01 minutes West (made 144 NM in last 24 hours)
We may not be catching a lot of fish, but they're jumping all over the deck at night. here's a flying fish that landed on the cabin top.
Yup, a nice, easy day even though it’s fairly windy and we’ve been averaging around 7.5 knots broad reaching with one reef in the main. Very sunny as a matter of fact. We’re both “hiding” from the sun today as it’s been so intense. We took advantage of the good weather by taking bucket baths in the cockpit. Usually, we bath up on the foredeck where there’s more room, but it’s also been windy and there’s a bit of a cross-swell which causes the boat to lurch unexpectedly, so it’s safer in the cockpit.
Ann has a nice new daily event. A couple of the other boats have organized an informal “afternoon chatternet” where they have some social interaction. They have a chance to compare notes on boat life and have a lot of fun keeping in touch. One of the other boats announced that they pulled in one of their fishing lines only to find just half a fish left on the lure. Oops. Well, not an hour later I pulled our hand-line in and; no lure! It had a wire leader that had been severed. I’m not sure whether by strength or teeth and probably don’t want to know as either are “no bueno”. Lost a really good lure.
Also, Ann made Apple Cinnamon Beer Bread. It came out great. We’re looking forward to toasting it for breakfast slathered with butter. Yum!
Pretty quiet day. Nice chance to recover from the last four or five very busy ones. That’s how Shellbacks roll!
OK, Shellbacks rule, Pollywogs drool. Adios till tomorrow (or maybe I should say; “bon souire”. We need to work on our French very soon (including the spelling).
So Apple cinnamon beer bread!! Is that what you feed a shellback!?? Bob sorry about your lure….when are you expected to hit land?? xxoo Joan
Bob, don’t worry about the lure. It did you a favor by disappearing with whatever the hell it was that attacked it. Now that you are on the other side of the world who knows what denizens of the deep await an errant shellback? You guys are living a little too large out there – beer bread would have been good, apple beer bread great, and then you freakin’ add cinnamon! My lord people, what ever happened to hardtack and rancid beef? Man up you sailors, you…
Bon soir – good night.
Bon soiree – good evening (pronounce it like a Canadian would say bon soir-eh!)
Actually you’ll get along quite well with English.
Sound marvelous! Looks like within 800 miles to go. Enjoy the day. good luck with the new south seas fishing.
Ha you’re right, your French definitely need some work. I need to get mine back too since I leave for Paris two weeks from Monday! In my dream last night my whole family plus Chris and Kelly somehow met up with you guys for the last 2 or 3 days before reaching the Marquesas (your boat had magically grown I guess and there was a way to meet you in the middle of the ocean). The people in the Marquesas had a ton of houses built way up in the trees and there was something really sketchy going on cause one of the houses got knocked out of the tree. Somehow we planned to fly to Hilo, HI to get back home. Really it made no sense, but was quite interesting. Anyways, just a silly story. Hope the wind stays great and you both continue to have a blast! I want to try the apple cinnamon beer bread! Ann, I think you should make it at Christmas! Au revoir.