Day 7: It started to rain last night. It was nice but I had to close my hatch. I was somewhat awake when I heard an alarm go off. Yves got up and I thought he turned it off. I thought it might be an alarm clock and it went off again. Yves went up top. It was really raining hard and had some good gusts of wind. I looked out the stern windows and my eye caught the Teepee about 150 feet away. This seemed strange to me as they seemed much further from us the night ...

Day 6: Greg did catch a fish last night. Just as he was turning off the lights we heard the reel start. He jumped up the stairs and once topside grabbed the rod with joy. Maybe ten minutes of fight - reel and slack- and he landed a nice sized silver looking fish (species as yet not determined) maybe 3 pounds. He brought it inside and was about to kill it when Yves convinced him to offer the fish a drink of rum; not only is this polite, it kills the fish almost ...