St. Helena to Brazil Day 11
02 July 2011 | South Atlantic off coast of Brazil
Paulo
Pretty nice sailing last night under chute and the stars. no rain and only one wind shift early morning that necessitated some sail adjustments. We did hook up two large fish last night as we were crossing the Almirante Banco. hard to slow the boat down while under the spinnaker and we lost both fish unfortunately due to broken monofilament leaders. Each was sawn through so we likely had hooked up wahoo, which have very sharp teeth! There are a pair of pissed off wahoos swimming around out there now with new bling: our lures hanging off their lips! hey Ralph, where'd you get the nice rapala?" Sunny today but wind has shifted to hard on the nose; we struck the chute at 1100 and went to main & jib but had to turn on engine two hours later to keep a decent boat speed up. 181 nm to Rio and the anchorage; the horse is smelling the barn. Final night at sea tonight!