We travelled 158 miles in the past 24 hours under sunny skies with the occasional rain shower. During the evening, we got our first serious rain - mostly on Peter's midnight shift. During this time Peter saw a moonbow. I thought he was making that up but Doug confirmed that there is such a thing. This morning after another downpour and total soaking of both Shelby and I with a random wave that poured into the cockpit, we got the gift of a magnificient rainbow. It was clear and bright and we saw the whole arc. I think the Marquessa's are the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
While we were sailing at 8 knots under the gennaker we got a large strike on the fishing pole. It took both Peter and Doug almost a half an hour of fighting it. It looked to be about three - four feet. Sad ending though as some even larger fish stole it off the hook just minutes before we could land it. So, beans and weiners for dinner instead of fresh dorado.
Our fresh stores have been completely depleted, or the veggies and fresh fruit that didn't survive was thrown overboard. We are still have enough frozen meat to last until we arrive and lots of canned, packaged food (all of which is just fine by me).
As for my second attempt at making bread, I have to tell all those skeptics out there that it wasn't as bad as my first attempt. In fact, it turned out far worse! Peter couldn't even gnaw on it, so over it went. We will now wait for fresh bread when we get to our destination. I did make a banana loaf today (except with canned manderine slices) and it was a great success. So persistence does pay off!
Looks like today we'll be in and out of wet gear.....the good thing about it though...is most surely the rainbows!
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