Miles traveled last 24 hours: 132
Miles traveled to date: 676
Miles to Hiva Oa: 2,454
Last night about 7:00 Maya came out into the cockpit and found a flying fish in the cockpit well. After bapping it around a bit she decided it was a worthy snack and brought it downstairs to bap some more and then eat. Then she came back looking for more and couldn’t understand why there weren’t more to be had there. About midnight one flew up onto the aft corner of the side deck and she smelled it from inside the boat and was up to fetch it immediately. But it was a pretty big one so I pitched it back in and she went back downstairs.
This morning when Rob woke me at 5:00 he turned on the light above the nav station and found Maya on the seat with a live squid! She had no idea what to do with the thing and we didn’t really want squid guts (and ink?) all over the inside of the boat so Rob tossed it out. The funny thing is she hadn’t been outside in over an hour so she didn’t bring it into the boat. Our overhead hatch was open and it must have hopped up onto the boat and fallen in. I’ve found squid on the top of the house before so I know they’ll get that far.
Normal people with outdoor cats have to worry about the cats bringing home rats or birds. On our boat, Maya now expects free flying fish and squid to appear from heaven.
Teresa
