FRIDAY APRIL 27TH.
POSITION: 37 31N. 000 16W – ,About 40 miles east of Cartagena, Spain.
DISTANCE TRAVELLED: 252 in 24 hours
WIND: NNE at 5 knots
WEATHER: Grey, overcast with occassional drizzle
NEWS:
The wind that we had leaving Gibraltar yesterday soon faded away and we have been motoring in flat calm through the night. We were travelling east until we rounded Cabo de Gata (near Almeria) just after midnight and altered course to the North East. We are now gradually pulling away from the Spanish coast towards the eastern end of Ibiza so now there is a lot less shipping which suits us fine. We have 183 miles to go at Noon today so should arrive in Palma at first light tomorrow.
This morning we hooked two small tuna simultaneously but lost one alongside the boat. We cannot identify the one that we landed but think is may be a small blue fin.
All is well on board and getting ready for the yard in Palma. This afternoon we will pass the Greenwich Meridian and enter the Eastern Hemisphere.
Regards = PHil