Settling in

13:40UTC 05/08/07 50'13.3N 4'31.9W

We're on our way. We motored out of Plymouth in gorgeous sunshine, and have been sailing for four hours now, with a very gentle breeze helping us to get used to life aboard. The forecast promises force 6-7 later, which will be fine but a bit more lively, so it's good to get sorted before that arrives. For now, the breeze is building gently and swinging towards the west, so we are heading in towards The Lizard before taking a tack and out towards Ushant.

There's a clear division in the crew already, between the heliophiles, Ian and Amanda, who sit on deck in a bikini or shorts (I won't spoil it by saying who's in which attire) and the heliophobes, Owen and Guy, who were down below, playing cards, dressed in long trousers, long sleeves and hats, even in the saloon. I go between the two - I like to be out on deck but hunt out areas of shade under the bimini.

Lunch was supposed to be bread, salad and tinned tuna. However, three mackerel arrived just in time, so we've fried them up and forgone the tuna. Anyway, we're after fresh tuna in the deep water... We've brought the line in now as that's enough fish for today.

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