We have now under 990nm to go (from 1774nm)- nearly half way. For the last couple of days the wind has been quite consistent; sometimes however, like this cloudy morning, the wind dies for about an hour or so and we bob along at 3-4k, resisting to put the engine on. Unlike alot of the other boats we dont need to run the engine (or a generator) once a day in order to keep our batteries charged - the solar panels and windvane have been making enough energy for us, even with the new fridge running!
We had a beautiful sunrise and sunset yesterday; the cloud cover varies greatly day to day. Ohh and a ship passed us last night - 1st one since we left Cape Town!!
Axel has spent the last 3 days writing up his Curriculum Vitae and a job application, in English, so with a little help from me. We´ve been aiming to do little jobs each day - I serviced 2 winches yesterday and today we´ll probably polish the brass lamps.
Can you believe two fish got away yesterday - one from each of our lines! Now there´s officially a ´fish famine´ onboard; we havent caught one since leaving St Helena! Yesterdays menu below is looking pretty boring but on Thursday we had a very nice Chinese stirfry.
Yesterday´s (Fri) menu:
Big breaky: Egg & beans on toast
Lunch: Cheese & chutney toasties
Evening: Fresh (still a few pieces left) & tinned fruit with custard (yum!)
Come fishy fishy fishy...!!!
PS Propagation isn´t good around here so not so easy for us to email.
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