Yellow Tail ,Moonshine and Dolphins

Yes,that's what we had since 6 last night.A nice size Cape Yellow Tail
or Albacore if I'm not mistaken ,the moon joining us during our watch
hours throughout the night and dolphins visiting at about 2 this
morning.It was Nic that spotted that our fishing line was taught. He in
turn called First Mate Steven who brought the fish in on handline and
also showed the guys how to fillet a fish .That's our meal for today
,lunch and supper .It was on Eduan's watch that the dolphins paid us a
visit.

The stronger weather has subsided a bit and for the next two days we are
expecting lighter winds.At the moment we are sailing very nicely with
full main and genoa between a beam reach and a close reach .On
your watch the wind is thus coming from about 10 o'clock if the
bow is pointing to 12 . Apparent wind about 10kts and with the Benguela
current assisting us we are gliding over the water at over 6 kts ,like a
swan thats here and gone - "Sounds of silence".

By the 13th we are expected to get another good spell of strong wind
from the south and south east by which time we will then start heading
straight for St.Helena.We passed the Orange River mouth last night and
came close to the flats extending far out to sea .Diamond enriched
seabed ,but no ,we're not equipped to explore this a bit further.

We have logged 297 nm in the last 48 hrs keeping right on tract with our
average of 150 nm a day we are hoping to maintain.Our position at 10 am
was 29*52'S/015*07'E.If you are following us on google earth you will
see that we are following the continental shelf up the west coast .Quite
a few ships all around us but soon we will leave them behind once we
start turning west.

Last night we had our first fully cooked meal on board and it was my
turn to man the kitchen .A full on fresh veggie stew on a bed of rice
went down well and we all have now adapted to the motion of the ocean.My
stew consisted of cabbage ,carrots ,baby marrows ,potatoes ,green pepper
,fresh chilli ,garlic ,onions and various spices and sauces.A few pieces
of goulash was also added to the equation .Sliced peaches for desert and
that was that .

Today it is Eduan's turn to turn on the magic and fish is the base he
has to work aroiund. We will see what the day brings.

Wishing you a very pleasant day.

Captain Paul