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We saw many of these birds and tropicbirds during our Atlantic crossing. They used the trampoline on our catamaran as a rest stop. They also learned that they c
by yardie 10y ago
We saw many of these birds and tropicbirds during our Atlantic crossing. They used the trampoline on our catamaran as a rest stop. They also learned that they can't do a carrier landing on solar panels. It was funny to watch them come in for a landing and slide right off the back of the boat.
It looks like they feed on flying fish, primarily. These would jump out of the water and skim across the surface for hundreds of meters, and then BAM!, a bird would swoop in and end its existence.
- jjp 10y agoSailing with flying fish around is great. Dinner catches itself when it lands on deck and knocks itself out.
- yardie 10y agoCareful, you might lose an eye. Really, I had one fly into the cockpit and slap me in the face. He was a tasty one :-)
- laxatives 10y agoI've woken up to screaming crew members finding a new winged, scaly bedmate in the morning as well. Some captains loathe them since they can cause a mess and a stink if they fail to clean all of them up and let them linger for a day in the hot sun.
- mungoman2 10y agoHave you written about your crossing?
- yardie 10y agoWorking on it. You can check out our progress at http://worldtourfamily.com http://worldtourfamily.com I'm working on getting the rest of the photos and videos. I've basically been in land mode for the past month: visiting family we haven't seen in over a year, job hunting, boat maintenance. And we're trying to get settled but haven't gotten really comfortable at being landlubbers.
- modoc 10y agoI would LOVE to read more about this. Details on the boat, electrical systems, internet connection, size of the crew, your family, etc... Thanks!
- yardie 10y agoI love those things as well! We've gone a bit overboard and have "smarty" boat the traditional sailors loathe. Solar and battery monitors are wired into a Raspberry Pi for logging and graphing. I'm currently using Signal-K [0] as an instruments data server. You may be also interested in my friends project called Boat Remote [1]. They can control the electrics and display data on a Pebble watch. [0]http://signalk.org http://signalk.org [1]http://www.codewithasmile.co.uk/boat/boat-remote/ http://www.codewithasmile.co.uk/boat/boat-remote/
- fovc 10y agoLove that electrical systems and internet connection are 2 of your top 3
- jim-greer 10y agoThey do feed on flying fish, among others. Here's a good clip from the newest BBC nature documentary on it: https://youtu.be/szuchBiLrEM https://youtu.be/szuchBiLrEM
- wnevets 10y agoWow who knew being a flying fish was such a pain.