THURS. 19TH APRIL 2007.
POSITION: 31 54N. 33 22W
DISTANCE TRAVELLED: 268 on course of 074 degrees
WIND: Flat calm
WEATHER: Warm and sunny
NEWS:
The wind has now deserted us altogether and the sea is an oily, undulating calm. There is a small confused swell still running, mainly from the north. With the calm weather we are also seeing more junk floating past, two big fishing bouys, a milk crate and other unidentified objects. However we have also seen a couple of turtles this morning but no other sea life except for the storm petrels fluttering across the surface from time to time.
We have a small fuel leak from the fuel filters so when we hooked a small dorado (released) we took the opportunity to shut down the main engine to cure the problem. Timoneer sat dead still in the middle of nowhere so 4 of us hopped over the side for a quick swim. The water was surprisingly cool but it was nice a refreshing, we swam once around the boat and then took off again. We were not going more than 10 minutes and we hooked another dorado, much bigger this time and he did a spectacular tail walk and succeeded in throwing the hook. Good for him and good for us as Penny is refusing to accept any more dorado in the freezer.
Last evening we passed the half way mark and the forecast still looks reasonable. We reckon to arrive on 24th in Gib.
Regards = PHil