Fresh Fish For Dinner
Escapada
Andreas Haas
Thu 26 Nov 2009 16:13
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22.57.23N 025.03.67W
Everyone is healthy and safe.
The last day has been quite adventurous. In Las
Palmas before we left, we equipped ourselves with fishing
equipment and lures in the hopes of catching some nice
fish. Yesterday evening we tried out our fishing rig and
landed a beauty. We had no idea was it was exactly, but suspected it was
something like a Tuna so we
decided to eat it anyway! Andreas fried it nicely and with
mashed potatoes and a salad the crew of Ecapada celebrated the first (hopefully
of many) catch of fresh
fish.
As we sailed into the sunset, the crew prepared for their
night watches. The night was clear and beautiful. The cloudless sky was filled
with trillions of stars, while a
bright half-moon path lit our course closer and
closer to St. Lucia. Since leaving Las Palmas behind, we have
already sailed (without use of engine) 796 nautical
miles.
Sometime tomorrow we will reach the 2000 miles left marker
and we start counting down. The sunrise was once again fantastic. As the sun
came up, while the rest of
the crew slept, Peter who was on watch met the day
with Pavarotti on the MP3 player. What a tremendous emotional experience
to be flying across the waves, with
the rising sun at your back accompanied by
Luciano!
  
Sailing into the
sunset
Reeling in the big
one!
The happy
fishermen
Manuel with his prize
catch
Fillet of fish for dinner
Today we continued to make good progress. Our average
speed was again almost 8 knots
SOG. The wind has been shifting quite a bit lately
making keeping our
course of 262 difficult without risking danger of an
accidental gybe. This afternoon it seems to have steadied somewhat and
now we are on course again at good speed.
The weather is good, with nice strong wind of 20-25
knots. Today was a nice sunny, warm day with temperature around 28 C. It should continue to get warmer as we
proceed south and west closer to the
Caribbean.
Our fishing line is in the water again and we will see
what the evening brings...
Take care and stay well.
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