Today is a beautiful sunny day for a sail, with the wind ahead and blowing us along at 6kts, almost in the direction we have planned.
After two days in confused choppy swell, learning to live on starboard tack angles, we’ve returned to port tack, and it seems the best weather is always on Port. Not only that, but the dishes stay on the counter all by themselves.
Cooking is definitely easier, which is great, because our big news today is that we caught a fish! and it’s big enough to feed all four of us tonight. It was a beautiful green Mahi Mahi, and all was well until we reeled it in and had to figure out how to deal with it.
Luckily, we have a fully trained ex-Icelandic fisherman among our crew, in William, who swiftly filleted it. Not so luckily someone allowed him to have a bucket of sea water to wash the decks of fishy bits afterwards, which was thrown with gay abandon before anyone noticed that the side windows into Hope and Howard’s bunk were open……. So it’s been wash day today too.
3 Comments
Jools
Enjoying following your blog from BT4! Safe journey.
Jim and Vicky
We are following with interest and keep checking your progress – go Second Wind!
Hope that fishy aroma is conducive to sleep.
Roger and Gay
Oh dear, today you are the most leeward boat in the fleet. Hoping for a lucky wind shift. Looks good up ahead.
Roger and Gay