7 April 2011 14 days at sea
The EJ's Voyage
Mike Everton-Jones
Thu 7 Apr 2011 16:42
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Result at last on the fishing front! As soon as I
had sent the blog yesterday morning telling you about our fishing disasters I
heard shouts from the aft deck. Holger had a fish at the end of his line and was
struggling with it. Mike altered course immediately, went into the wind, we
dropped the yankee and staysail to slow us down and slowly the boys started
getting the fish nearer to the boat. Mike eventually hooked him up and
hoisted him on board. And what a big beast it was! A 1.35m Wahoo,
about 35kg. Beautiful. Mike immediately proceeded to fillet it. Blood
everywhere, a bit of a mess but well worth it. We have a lot of fish in the
freezer now.
Then towards the end of the afternoon, just as Mike
was about to take the fishing lines in he caught a small tuna! That one was
filleted in no time as well and stored in the freezer.
We have a constant breeze of about 13 knots which
pushes us through at a boat speed of 5 knots. There is however a big activity in
the cockpit as our captain is working hard with the sewing machine repairing the
ripped spinnaker. Luckily it ripped along the seam so it is a fairly straight
forward repair except for the length of it! Photo attached.
Guess what we had for dinner last night? BBQ Wahoo
with carrots and potatoes. Delicious.
Sunny day. All is well.
Love
M+C
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