Blog 4 – Thursday 29^th November 2007

Fish Supper!

We did it! James and I got the lines out early yesterday morning and we caught two fish. This time we were very much on the ball, both fish were hauled in, Mark produced the whiskey and poured it into theirs gills to dispatch them (yes really) and George headed off to the swim deck, in life jacket and harness, to de-scale and gut them. Becci caught the whole lot on camera, evidence attached. What a team. Then disaster struck. One of the slippery little suckers, in oven-ready form, minus its insides and head, managed to escape from Georges clutches and slither back into the sea. Shame. We’re not quite sure what type of fish they were, perhaps if you can tell from the pictures you could let us know, but once George had poached the remaining fish in wine, capers, olive oil and lemon who cares, it was delicious. The lines are out again today so keep your fingers crossed. We may escape having to eat the tinned chilli yet!

As I write, the sun is shining but we have little wind. The wind is expected to pick up again tomorrow so hopefully we can make some good headway then. In the meantime we are using the calm conditions to catch up on a bit of reading, Mark on a spy novel, James on his boating magazines and me on a novel about patients in a mental institution (more entertaining than it sounds), George is creating lunch in the galley and Becci is catching up on some sleep after getting none last night as the engine was roaring in her ears – we had to use it for a couple of hours to stop us drifting backwards in the windless conditions.

So I’m signing off for today to eat some yummy food and top up my tan on deck before the wind hits and it all gets hair raising again.

Hard life!

Justine