Noon Report for SUNDAY 22ND APRIL 2007.
POSITION: 35 17N. 018 14W
DISTANCE TRAVELLED: 245 miles in 23 hours
WIND: NNE at 6 knots
WEATHER: Overcast and quite cold
NEWS:
At Last! We are now in Tuna Town, landed 3 nice big eye tuna ( all about 20lb each) this morning and have also seen dolphin zooming about. They looked like they were feeding and showed no interest in coming across to visit us and play off the bow wave. They are obviously happy to see the tuna as well!
We filleted down the tuna and now Penny is in the galley cutting it up and vacuum bagging it all for the freezer. We are having sushi for lunch and grilled tuna for dinner.
A short low swell has developed out of the NE, just off our port bow and it seems to be just the right length to make Timoneer pitch quite badly although it is relatively small. We are seeing a few more ships as well now as we close in towards the Straits of Gibraltar. We are currently north of Madeira and expect to arrive in Gib on tuesday evening.
Everything continues well on board = PHil