Be Careful What You Wish For!
May 25, 2010 Day 4
26 08.2N 62 31.3W
Hello Everybody!
It looks as if we got what we wished for! The squalls disappeared last night–along with the wind. (We definitely need to be more specific about our wishes.) We’ve been motoring in leftover swells under an unrelenting sun. We put up our motoring awning to provide some relief, but it was 101 degrees in the salon when I started preparing dinner. Unfortunately the forecast doesn’t show much wind until Friday, about the time we should reach Bermuda. So, once again, we’re sweating the fuel situation.
On a brighter note, we got part of another wish–that one for fish. Dave reeled in a chubby Little Tunny Tuna, about 3 feet long and 15-20 pounds right in the middle of lunch! Unfortunately for the West Indian team it was on the engineers’ side of the boat, so they get another score: 3 to 0. The funny thing is that the engineers haven’t eaten the fish. It seems we have a fish catching team and a fish eating team. Tonight the eating team enjoyed tuna sashimi, tomorrow night it will be more sashimi and grilled tuna as a main course.
Other items of interest are the hard hat and 5 gallon bucket that floated by plus several Portuguese Men O’War. Yesterday we saw 2 sailing vessels, the first a 3 master about 5 miles off heading on a reciprocal course, and the second a sloop probably heading for the Med.
All the best from the crew of avalanche enjoying an unremarkable day, wishing that we’ll get just the right amount of wind to allow our fuel to get us to Bermuda.
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