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Need the kids' help - Atlantic - Newport to Tortola

Tom Burgess • November 24, 2007

Passage from Newport RI to Tortola BVI - Atlantic 48 - 2007

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Southbound -Fifth Day - underway Newport to Tortola

Hey,

For the past couple nights I have been joined on my 12 to 3am watch by a very bright star/planet. It sits very low on the Eastern horizon and seems to have a red tinge. Can they research this and tell me what star/planet it is?

BTW...tell them we had a visitor the other night. A huge flying fish jumped up on the starboard transom step. He made it to the top step. John found him still alive. I flipped him back into the sea. So far that is all the sea life we have seen. Been too rough to fish.

Love you....

From Monique: when I post these, if I am lacking photos from crew...I'll add some random sailing ones to keep it fun!

Notation from Monique: if any of you reading the blog feel like figuring out this star, PLEASE DO. Post it to the blog in the comments section. :-)

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