Sunday September 26th
Position 40′ 08″N 009′ 57″ W
Course: 177′ T Speed: 12.5 Kts Days run: 302 miles
Wind: Direction 070’T Speed 16 Kts
Weather: Clear and Sunny
News:
The breeze continued to build Saturday afternoon to 30 kts as we approached Cabo Finisterre on the North coast of Spain. The best news of the day was that at 18:00 we caught two 15lb big eye tuna, fortunately they weren’t any bigger as we had a hard enough time trying to stop the boat in 32kts of breeze, reel them in and gaff them. They are the first fish that we have caught in a while so there was quite a bit of excitement and patting on the back. Jeff and Bevan cleaned them and Lena formulated a plan to have sushi for lunch tomorrow. After the North Sea the 30+ wind range seems to be our usual operating procedure, so we shortened sail during the night as the wind gusted to 48kts and everyone was glad to have it at our backs for a change. By Sunday morning the breeze had moderated and we were partially in the lee of the Spanish/Portuguese coast sailing at 12kts with a comfortable ride.
John