Graptolite - Yo Sushi!
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Tue 26 Feb 2008 16:59
What is going on? A few minutes after I sent in that last blog, we hauled
out two decent-sized skipjack tuna. They both needed a good wellying with a
winch handle to keep them still. Tuna are a bloody fish and the cockpit
looked horrendous afterwards. Then, having no freezer and not wanting more
fish than we could eat, we put the lines away.
We had some more good views of pilot whales around the boat this afternoon.
We need all the entertainment we can get. Progress to the Galapagos is
tediously slow. There is a strong current against us and almost no wind.
Without motoring we would be soon find ourselves back on the beach in
Ecuador. And nobody can face that paperwork again. Let's hope we have enough
diesel to last.
Shin skillfully sliced today's catch into sashimi, and also sushi and other
stuff I can't spell, for dinner. Wasabi and other Japanese accoutrements
came with it, sourced from Shin's personal stash.
M