Day 9/10
Position 6 January 2006 1850 GMT 19 degrees 22 mins North 34 degrees 13 mins West. Only 1568.7 nautical miles to go. I think we can officially say hello from mid-Atlantic and I have to say I thoroughly recommend it as a destination. We really didn't expect to have such amazing weather. Today we have had 15 knots of wind out of the east and glorious sunshine. Andrew burned a square on his back today from his harness lines. For me this really is the best sailing experience of my life - please may in continue just like this. We couldn't email yesterday as we were cut off due to excessive use. Luckily our friend Hugh on Argonauta 1 was able to email the provider, explain the situation and they reconnected us thankfully. Tropical Storm Zeta made an about turn and we were a bit concerned so overloaded on weather analysis. We are pleased to report it has now turned again so we can relax a bit. We passed our waypoint at 20 North 30 West (the traditional route turning point west) just after midnight on 5 Jan - to celebrate we had Christmas Pudding and brandy butter. (The old clipper ships used to say head south until the butter melts then turn west - so we had melted butter - it's the little things when you are this far from land!!). So we are well into the trade wind belt and enjoying it very much. Today is a very special today for us - after spending far too many euros on equipment, numerous hours of discussion with other cruisers and at least 10 lures we finally landed a fish! Fish drill (the original not to be confused by imitations - Kika!) commenced at 3pm just after Lasagne and garlic bread was served. Andrew controlled the fish while I reduced sail, cleared the cockpit, put lunch on standby and got out the gaff and 'fish gin'. Having experienced many fish drills that amount in nothing but a moody skipper I was a little tense. However we landed a beautiful dorado about 6 lbs - just perfect for two! His skin was deep purple/blue but changed to gold as we squirted him with gin and he died - rather sad but now he is two large fillets for our lunch tomorrow and some marinating ceviche for our supper tonight - can't wait!
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