The Yound Man and the Sea
Nakesa
Tue 5 Jun 2012 14:27
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7 22 S 111 53W
The 'Young' Man and the
Sea
Today as got to be all about Aston and his amazing
catch. That is in the absence of a street party because some old lady has had
the same job in 60 years, anyway the Queen God Bless Her!
We awoke, the night had been interesting as there
had been an unexpeced partial eclipse of the moon, it struck me that back in
London we would never ever have known about this let alone see it..as it was
nearly a full moon and a clear night it was a beautiful sight. The waves
sparkeld in the moon light and with an increasing wind everything felt alive and
wonderful.
At dawn we witnessed an incredible phenomenon
(forgive me there is no spell check on ths program!!) milions of flying fish
rising from the waves in shoals of thousands escaping large tuna fish which
jumped out of the water behind them..I felt lucky coming up from below to see
the first tuna jump, but the 'show' lasted nearly an hour by which time I had
got Atlanta and Aston on deck to see it.
Despite promising ourselves not to fish anymore I
saw this as Aston's big chance at a fish of his own and so alone he set the line
and rod. Fish started biting immediately and he was still holding the rod when
the big one took...it took two of us to hold it at 8 knots and we had to slow
the boat down before we could even raise the end of the rod. The fight took half
an hour...boy against fish..I supported by holding the end of the rod into the
fighting belt as Aston was in danger of being impaled with the force..imagine
that.....the fish winning..unthinkable.
Eventually the body of the tuna was visible..HUGE!!
It was a major event to get it on board and it filled the cockpit. The young man
now had to fulfill his right of passage as a newly qualified teenager and
clean and gut the beautiful fish. This took a couple of hours and by the end the
cockpit looked like a massacre had taken place in it. Half an hour more to wash
down and our lovely son proudly stood with many many pounds of lean tuna
meat...that is definitely the end of fishing for a long time.
WE all felt nauseous, including Aston and no one
fancied fish, not even sushi all day!!!
The other personal news was a sun-noon-sun fix that
was dead on..well under a mile from actual position..my best ever, who needs
those new fangled chart plotters (except to check that you are correct...oh and
if it is cloudy!).
So lots of personal triumphs today and rounded off
with falufel and humus.........'to our ships at sea and the Queen, God Bless
Her.......and happy Jubilee'
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