PS’s
PS1. Fishing. Fish 1 Ty Dewi 2. We caught another Tunny, a little bigger than the last. We’re eating fish tonight. The impending disaster, however, is the fact that we are running out of soy sauce to go with the wasabi. PS2. Grey Ships. A smudge on the horizon turns out to be a big […]
Revenge is sweet
Things sometimes happen at sea that make you want to go and give someone a good talking to. Usually it’s an obnoxious powerboat cutting too close or throwing a huge wake around. You want to track them down and give them a piece of your mind. Of course, around here those powerboat owners also have […]
Underway again
17:30UTC 19/11/08 34’26N 076’31W Well, the front passed more quickly than expected and this morning saw moderate winds and a good forecast. We left harbour at 8am. We are running downwind in about 15kt of breeze, very comfortable and fairly fast in the gusts, slower when it lulls. It feels like the wind is easing […]
Photos (2)
– the fish we caught, small but tasty – dolphins! – watching the dolphins from the bow – it’s cold, windy, almost snowing, and eight guys are on the beach fishing…..go figure. We reckon their wives must be hard work if they’d rather be standing out here than at home…
Some pictures (1)
A few shots from our trip to Beaufort…. – The ‘floating airport’ – That submarine, plus escort to provide ‘deadly force’ – A container ship creeps up on us – Karla, with the same container ship overtaking us