Sailing & fishing - who said men can't multi-task?

Rhumbrunner
Mon 23 Nov 2015 02:07
The wind has been pretty constant around 15- 20 knts behind us. After the 200+ run we are down to 160 in 24hrs but still staying above 6knts most of the time. The outlook is for much of the same for the next few days.

All the communications systems are working well with the Iridium Satellite phone & the SSB radion both accessing email & gribs which give us weather information.

We've all settled into our watch system of 3 hours on & 9 off overnight, & then 2 on & 6 off during the day, with 2 one hour watches at 16.00 - 18.00.

So, fishing, I gave up with the rod & went for the 100lb nylon line with a squid like lure on the end. This simply drags through the water about 50 mtrs behind the boat. The line is secured to the boat on a cleat & has a bit of bungy cord tying down the line which stretches if a fish bites. Well a Marhe Marhe bit! It was around 65cm long & with a team effort we landed it. Success!
We used very cheap gin from Gibraltar to kill/subdue the fish before we filleted it. We've still got a way to go before we master filleting but not bad for a first attempt. Tonight's supper was Marhe Marhe Green Thai curry. Very good............ The chicken will have to wait till tomorrow :-)
Current position 02.00 UT 23/11 21:05.065N 025:04.215W

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