Day 5.5: Halfway There!
15 November 2011 | 30 5'N:69 0'W
Picture: Comocean is Halfway and finally have a fish on board. Unfortuantely they caught a Skip Jack, pictured with me here from 2009. As you can see by my expression, it's not very tasty.
Author: Seth
I just received a sat phone call from Comocean and all is well on board. Winds are light and they are motoring full speed at 2,000 RPM. They are sick of motoring in fact and were hoping I would have better news for them about the wind, but I didn't. Winds are forecast to stay light until Saturday, and by the time they are on the docks in the BVIs on Wednesday the winds will be perfect! Oh well.
In other news, Norm won the "Halfway There Pool" for correctly guessing the closest time and day of mile marker 750. They had a beautiful Yellowfin Tuna on the line but the hook broke when he jumped and they lost him. They had a Dorado near the boat and lost that. But they did bring aboard a worthless Skip Jack Tuna, which is known for its oily meat and disgusting taste. But they carved it up anyway "for the practice." Sounds familiar.
They also heard about the loss of the NARC sailor and it was a sobering reminder to be careful out there. And while I was impressed that Comocean was beating Sialia (a massive Hinkley about 19 miles behind them), apparently they have only used their motor for 30 minutes all week, so it's not quite as impressive as I thought. But Comocean is now 28th in the Caribbean 1500, and considering two boats left a day early we can call that 26th! Not too shabby for a bunch of rookies!