Today was booked to be the big game fishing day. Roger & Tom had booked a boat to take them for 4 hours game fishing. But at 9am when they went to find the boat, it turned out to be a little fishing boat and not the big motor cruiser they had expected.

Mario, the marina captain, got the agent on the phone and 10 minutes later he arrived at the marina and gave the boys a full refund.

I suggested that we could always go fishing in Puerto Aventuras, so the skipper decided to slip the lines and make way (that’s sailing speak for getting the hell outta there) it was a spontaneous departure that saw us heading south again.

A beautifully sunny day but no wind, so we motor sailed. Silke put the fishing line out and we settled down to sunbathing and enjoying the trip.

I got up to let more line out as we were trawling the line behind us, and was just locking the reel when I got a bite.

Now those of you who know us, know that we haven’t yet managed to land a fish on Beaujolais, so the adrenaline was pumping as I shouted for Roger to come and help me.

Tom came aft and took the reel. 5 minutes later we had a lovely King Mackerel, about 2 lbs, on board, our first fish.

An hour later we were tucking into a lovely lunch of bbq’d fish and salad, washed down with a cool glass of Pinot Grigio, excellent.

So they boys got their fishing after all.

But the day was not over, we crept into the entrance (8’ deep, 7’draft) to the marina and squeezed in between to huge motor yachts alongside the jetty.

Not a problem in itself, but the jetty was 5 feet above us and there was no ladder, so Roger rigged up ‘the plank’ and his crew are made to walk the plank if they want to get ashore.

We called our friends Rob & Sherralee, who came down to the boat and took us back to their lovely condo for a BBQ.

It was a lovely evening, which was just a perfect example of what cruising is all about….seeing new places, meeting and making new friends.