Be The Jam

Position: Indian Ocean

S 11°00.37'

E 069°15.96'

Had a bit of rough night; because of the way we had the sails set (Goose wing), we had a roley night. Then as I came on watch the wind had got up drastically and we decided to take it down. We still made good headway - 140 Nautical miles yesterday. We have poled the Genoa back out this morning again, opting for this instead of the Spinnaker because there is a heavy swell today; it is easier to control the boat this way. (The reason being the Genoa pulls the boat from the Front Stay - meaning pulling all the way down the front of the boat, where as the Spinnaker pulls the boat from the top of the mast, so by pulling from the top of the mast it exaggerates the roll of the boat in a swell making it very hard to control.)

Enough of all the jargon, I had a shower this morning. My hair was beginning to look a little worse for wear. (Normally washing consists of jumping over the side hanging onto a Sheet from the Genoa )

Had about a dozen Chumy Chumy (Squid) come flying out of the water onto the boat. .I didn't know squid could fly? I think they were desperate to get away from something. The stupid thing is that we only found a couple last night, thought it was a little strange but through them back in, not enough for a feed and felt a little sorry for them. Then this morning we found the whole boat had been splattered with them!! More than a dozen! Well they would have been a really nice Spanish tapa. Chances of it happening again are near none, so we were a little slow on the up take.

It continues to be a pleasant day; we are galloping the swells, towards the Seychelles …