day 17 - maybe?
14 January 2019 | 4 men in a boat
stephen foot
The fabulous sounds and aromas from the fresh fish curry Graham is creating behind me (from the spectacular 20 lb dorado caught late yesterday afternoon) has replaced the wonderful smell of fresh bread and the chocolate brownie Nick made earlier...we are not fading away!
We have had the spinnaker up today from first light.. Had to resort to the engine for a couple of hours in search of some of these allusive trade winds that have been blowing in the wrong direction.
Around 2am this morning we saw a green rocket/flare 40 degrees off our port bow. We were becalmed and motoring so we immediately turned towards the flare with the radio on for distress calls....after an hour there were no were no further sightings or calls, so we wondered if the rowers were sending notification flares to warn ships. This is a big empty ocean and searching for something on a moonless night that isn't signalling is a real challenge.
We continue to trundle on towards our distant rest and should be under 700 miles to go by tea time today.
Just performed a 'taste-test' on the brownies and they are 10 out of 10.
Love to all
The crew xx
ps...the skippers contribution towards ensuite showers has been deferred