Yesterdays noon-to-noon run was 160nm. It would have been better if we had not had to take a detour around a 14 mils long drift net (or long-line??). We spotted an AIS mark with a fishing vessel name on it plus (3). I wanted to head well north of it, but the winds and currents were not cooperating. So we gybed and headed south. After a little while another AIS target showed up with the same fishing vessel name plus (2). This second one was attached to first and was 9.25 nm apart. Along the way we started to spot new, white egg-shaped floats with black lines tied on and leading directly down. After continuing south a third target showed up with a its name with a (1), another 4.5 miles away. Making for a 14 mile long way to clear cut the oceans. The fishing vessel itself finally showed up on AIS and I tried to hail him on VHF radio. I wanted to see what the path out of this was. After many calls the fishing vessel did not respond. I figure the reason he didn't respond was because he knew the first thing I was going to say was "No Hindi, English".
Next day was a big day. We reached the half way point and I had a shower. Pretty exciting.
162 nm noon-to-noon
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