Bridget and Jay are on another pleasant midnight to 04:00 watch. The wind is 20 knots true, off Bell’Avventura’s port quarter. We sailing along at 6-8 knots, heading straight for Port Aransas. Seas are 3-5 feet and it’s warm enough to go barefoot, though we’re wearing our foulies against the moist southern air.
The shooting stars are putting on quite a show tonight with their wide and long orange tails. We see 3 or 4 every hour.
There are several areas of white light on the horizon. As we’re still over 150nm offshore, it seems unlikely that these are city lights. Perhaps these are oil platforms, though the chart says these are still 128nm away. We’re steering towards one, so maybe we’ll find out what it is if we get there before daylight.
We have an AIS hit 12nm off our starboard bow. The info says she’s the Filippa, a cargo ship bound for Houston. What’s interesting about her is she’s listed as Not Under Command. Perhaps the crew has mutinied, but more likely she’s probably broken down. We’re going to pass within 3nm miles of her in the next 1-2 hours, it’ll be interesting to see if she’s displaying the proper 2 red lights that will confirm this status. Maybe she’ll radio us to ask for help…
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