Sunday 29 November - Tradewind Sailing

Sunday 29 November - Tradewind Sailing - 410 miles from Cape Verde Islands
"Look, over there, something in the water."
"Where?"
"Over there."
"Oh yes. I see it. What is it?"
"It looks like. . . Yes, it is. . .It is a plastic bag!"
"A plastic bag?"
"Yes. I am sure of it."
"How can that be? We are hundreds of miles from any land."
"It must have fallen off a ship. Or maybe the desert winds carried it from Africa."
"It could have drifted all the way from Portugal. Or even France. I wish we could read the writing to see what language it is."
"The markings look to be the same as from the supermarket in Tenerife."
"And it is still clean. No marine growth. That means that it has not been in the water long."
"If it came from Tenerife, and is still clean, the only way to get here is on a sailboat."
"It had to have been an accident. Nobody would deliberately throw a plastic bag overboard."
"I wonder how long it will float out here?"
"They say the plastic breaks down into very small pieces but doesn't really go away."
"It looks sortta like a Portuguese Man-O-War"
"Or just a jellyfish. . . ."

Reef Early
Bill Doar
s/v Advent II