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Dolphins and being 'mum'
Monday, 28 September 2009
On Cape Breton Island, Tom has just passed Maderia...
"With winds dropping for now we have hoisted our lightweight spinnaker, the repairs seem to be holding well. Over the last few days we have been sailing hard downwind in the light conditions to keep speed on as get as low as possible, with low pressure expected within the next 24 hours we are preparing for high winds and fairly rough seas. There seems to be a split of the fleet East and West, so we will see what pays soon enough.
"The weather has been great for the last seven days, hot days and sunshine but cooling off to make sleeping a bit more comfortable at night, I suspect that this will change as we near the equator. We have just passed Madeira to the East and are midfleet heading down to the rhumb line to prepare for the strong winds forecast.
"We have seen dolphins, whales and turtles, with sightings becoming more frequent as we dive South. We have even had squid land on our decks, as we found out when our Skipper Jan stood on one with messy consequences!
"Today I am doing my day of mother watch, this involves catering for everyone with breakfast, lunch and dinner and also cakes and plenty of tea. Also part of the duty is to clean the whole yacht top to bottom, and clean the heads twice a day with magic anti bacterial spray."
posted by Hyde Sails at
23:30
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