From flying fish to squid

Jean-Luc van den Heede heads for the Doldrums in round the world record bid

Day 11. Position at 1300. 12°37’N / 24°40’W
Wind 10 knots from NNE. Slight sea.
Temperatures : day 33° / night 22° / sea 27°
Distance covered in the last 24 hours: 215 miles.
To Cape Horn 4662 miles.
Lead over Monnet : 1 day and 8 hours.

Hello

The nights go by, but are very different from each other. Yesterday, there were flying fish; today I found five squid on the deck. I’m wondering how on earth they managed to jump so high, for the waves didn’t wash them up there. The wind has abated and the deck is perfectly dry. In any case, they will be going into the pot this lunchtime for a paella!

Apart from that, I managed to get out of the passage through the Cape Verde archipelago, even if I was slowed down by the absence of wind, that Adrien is suffering from, as I write to you.

The island of Fogo is very impressive with its summit reaching up above the clouds. It was so beautiful set against the background of the setting sun that I just forgot to take a picture of it. I should really have taken advantage of it.

I crossed the latitude of Dakar during the night, and am taking advantage of it to offer greetings to all those, who work in the Adrien Group here, and who are following my progress in this adventure.

See you tomorrow,

JL VDH

A day in honour of Emma’s cuddly toy, the little white mouse.