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14 39.79 N 058 09.64 W
Mileage noon to noon :129 nm
Distance to go: 155 nm
Photo: Tom and Garry with a fresh Wahoo - Wahoo dinner tonight
Just as we were about to eat dinner last night, the
fishing line whined a warning as a fish pulled the line out away from the
boat. Tom began the work of reeling it in, keeping the line taut at all
times and Garry stood by with gaff hook and words of encouragement. Peg
slowed the boat down, which involved rolling up the staysail, the yankee and the
main.
Before we knew it, the fish was at the boat and Garry
had used his gloved hands to pull the line up and flip it into the boat, right
at Peg's feet, to her surprise. Wahoos look a lot like Barracuda, until
they open their mouth. It's easy to see, then, that their teeth are not
nearly as mean-looking as the teeth of a Barracuda. We caught this fish
using a home made lure. Several of our expensive lures have been taken by
large fish. A single hand sailor in Tenerife gave us a lure he had made
using a length of reinforced water pipe hose, clear with shiny diamond-patterned
lines of reinforcement in it. He had worked a hook into the hose in such a way
that it jumps, wiggles and dives in the wake 75 yards behind the boat. The
wahoo fell for it! Once in the boat, we gave the fish a sendoff shot of
vodka and he went peacefully to fish heaven. Garry filleted the fish and we have
two long, meaty filets to be cooked on the grill for dinner tonight - yum.
We now have our lines out again, hoping to catch one last tuna to take into
Martinique with us or for a mixed grill tonight.
Bob (our fourth crew - click
here) is having problems. After doing most of the work of steering on
this trip, Bob has developed a misalignment of his spline. We believe this
is a result of an old war injury, sustained in the close quarters of the harbor
in Horta, Azores, when Bob was hit by another boat. It has finally caught
up with him. He needs serious chiropractic realignment of his spline.
For now, he's resting and Otto has taken over.
Last night and today, a steady 10-15 knot wind from the
ENE is pushing us along. We have 155 miles to go, Lorraine is on the way,
and the champagne is being chilled.
All's well on board-
Tom, Peg and Garry
s/v Starboard Home
Add: Position of s/v Island Time at 1000 UTC was:13 55 N 48 48 W Island Time's Distance to go at 1000 UTC was:
710 nm
