by Moose
Day 6 was a stunning day, with the ocean giving us an early morning present of two 30 pound yellow fin tuna. We gratefully kept one and gave one back.

With the sun shining the ocean has been an iridescent blue. so clear yet so deep you could lose yourself peering into it along with the light rays that search for its soul but never hit the bottom. as the day drew on and the sun grew higher team oceangybe decided it would be worth while trolling a finely grained sieve to collect any possible evidence of plastic pollution. what we saw was unbelievable.

Once hauled back up and upon inspection the sieve showed hundreds of tiny granular,almost sand sized pieces of plastic invisible to the human eye from the deck of the boat. the gravity of this is only starting to hit the crew. this plastic is most likely deep in our food system, if so much has been found in such a small sample and its s undetectable how does one solve the problem or even begin to find a solution? Realizing there is a problem is the first step, at least watching our our own use of plastic and educating others may be the next.

On a lighter note we had a stunning feast of braaied tuna with a smidgen of vino to wash it back! also Elephant (our cushion that looks like an elephant)…or Eli for short, had a wonderful time marching up and down the deck blowing her vuvazela and calling out to Wilson (our pet coconut) to come play.

Wilson, snug in his foul weather gear and lying in his fruit hammock was content just to watch the ocean go by. Wilson did say that tomorrow he would be more active its now nighttime and we are signing off.

The sea is very restful, the waters calm and placid, the ocean showing its gentle side and it reminds one of a lion with a thorn in its paw perhaps. Something so powerful showing it has a soft side….and the plastic exposing the great blue hearts vulnerability More adventures of Eli and Wilson to follow!