19:42.00N  22:43.0W

Yesterday (Friday) was Ron’s birthday so we celebrated by having a chocolate birthday cake Brian had managed to find and buy when provisioning.  It was really very good, although I think someone forget to buy the ice cream to go with it.  Anyhow, we again had a very easy, light air day.  Got the genaker up and flying for about 8 hours and we made around 4 knots of boat speed in 8 to 10 knots of wind.  Very respectable for the course line we are taking to the Verdes.  We do not have enough engine range (diesel) to motor there so we sail in any and all conditions, as good sailors should.  At one point Kevin got a fish on the line behind the boat (Ron just told me he mentioned that in his  blog), suffice to say lot’s of excitement all around but it got off the line at the last moment as we were bringing it on board.

Kevin quite rightly said you should always throw the first one back, it keeps the fish gods happy J  And it’s true.  This morning we got two more on the lines at the same time and landed them successfully.  Here’s the bigger of the two: 

Gotta go, Kevin’s filleting and frying .. ummmm

Andy – Saturday at 10:00 am