0600 position 23-56S 149-41W. Day's run 139 miles. 110 miles to Raivavae
This afternoon showed us some of the nicest sailing weather ever. Beam
reaching under full sail in about nine knots of wind from the south.
Fully powered up, sailing at over six knots, with sheets eased and not
healed over very far. It has warmed up a bit too. I had on a single
sweatshirt and shorts. Matt was having such a good time during his
morning watch that he didn't want to go below and stayed on deck for a few
extra hours.
Matt had just gone down for a nap at 3PM when a fish hit, a big one, on
our long hand line. We managed to wrestle in and land a fifty pound ahi!
It was caught on a Fred Morelli special lure. It was the biggest ahi I've
ever caught. It took the both of us to lift the fish aboard with the
gaff, and then a couple of hours to clean and pack on ice. Looks like
we'll be sharing fish with the locals in Raivavae. Can this trip get any
better?
Dinner was ahi sashimi, seared spiced ahi, rice, and cole slaw. And it
was good.
As the evening wore on the wind became lighter and spottier. Matt got a
light easterly wind for a couple of hours and was headed north toward
Tubuai. It glassed off for a while at midnight, then filled back in from
the south, and we were able to get back up on course. Since then it's
been pleasant beam reaching at hull speed. We should have this weather
all the way in to Raivavae.
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