Welcome to the Team Loco first blog post for Fastnet 2013. We're only on
day 2 and we've already celebrated a birthday (cake isn't the easiest
thing to slice an distribute with leather man), spotted a few dolphins,
along with a turtle and a roast chicken... but to be fair the latter two
may have been seen in the clouds. We're about to make our way around the
Scilly Isles and so far we've sailed without any drama at all (aside from
discovering there's no milk on board and thimble sized rations of diet
coke... We're fairly sure the audible gasps were heard in Plymouth around
10pm last night at watch changeover). Sailing last night under a very dark
sky barely lit by the new moon which sat low on the horizon made for
instinctive helming, guided by pretty savvy navigation and an alert crew
on spotting duty for fishing trawlers and huge tankers. The dark sky made
the incredible phosphorus show around Loco even more magical though. The
crew are all happy ('milk gate' aside) and healthy. Today has been sunny
and spirits are high. We're all looking forward to putting a tack in to
head up to the rock! We'll update you tomorrow. Team Loco
