So far I’ve been pretty good at staying on track during my watches. In previous trips I’ve tended to go off my own way thinking that the boat sails better in that direction or that it looks quicker that way. Since then I’ve learnt better and realised that Steve has calculated these tracks based on current, wind direction and potentiality wind speed. Although it may look like its a longer route, it is in fact the quickest way to our destination. Still whenever John takes over from me, he looks in trepidation at the chart fearing how far we’ve wondered off. Today to his relief it was only twenty feet!
The wind has been consistently in the late teens and from the south east, so we continue to make good progress.
No special visitors today although we see lots and lot and lots of flying fish, sometimes providing amazing formations and patterns as they skim over the waves.
We caught four fish today. Three got away and one was too small to keep. Fishing is definitely a male thing. I haven’t met one female on all the other boats we’ve become acquainted with who has any real interest in the fishing process. We certainly like cooking and eating the catch and even get quite excited when a fish is being caught. However men can spend hours talking about fishing gears, making lures and playing with their tackles!!!!
My night watch was dark and tedious.
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