tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467181064012642969.post3778656896746145693..comments2022-10-26T17:59:06.291-07:00Comments on JUNK: Squid LockUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467181064012642969.post-84258993338263130382008-07-14T22:27:00.000-07:002008-07-14T22:27:00.000-07:00Hi Linda (From Marcus)We're doing fine, traveling ...Hi Linda (From Marcus)<BR/><BR/>We're doing fine, traveling slowly west toward our destination. I did dive under the raft the other day to install 5 mini-pontoons under the starboard side. That job gave us another 4 inches of buoyancy. I do not tether myself to the raft. We drop the sails and let out a long rope behind the raft. At that point the raft and current are moving together, and jumping in is like diving into a still lake.<BR/><BR/>Yes, there is a little ecosystem growing under the raft. There are little gooseneck barnacles everywhere. In our earlier gyre voyage Charles Moore made barnacle rice. It was... interesting. We're not that hungry yet. There are a few fish. They are small. Half the size of my pinky, they still have their yolk sack attached. But yesterday a Mahi Mahi showed up. You would have been proud of your son and his ability to stalk his prey. Joel is full of proverbs, saying "Hunger is the best sauce." Just after sunset he speared it and seared a couple of fillets. We ate like kings.<BR/><BR/>At this moment we're traveling .5 knots at 290 degrees. It's slow, but in the right direction. Otherwise there is not much wind, but weather reports say its coming.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09326533722746501453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467181064012642969.post-53317263690264739282008-07-10T13:42:00.000-07:002008-07-10T13:42:00.000-07:00Marcus,How likely is it that you will get separate...Marcus,<BR/>How likely is it that you will get separated from the Junk when you dive under it? I'm in land-locked Indiana and from my perspective that could happen. Are you always tethered to the Junk?<BR/><BR/>Also, is the Junk going too fast to become a little ecosystem like some of the debris the Algalita found last Feb? If there were 2 little fish, might there be a bigger fish soon? Or some invertebrates?<BR/><BR/>Joel's MomCitizen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712192010073827507noreply@blogger.com