1200 position 26 49S 173 36E. Days run 150 miles.
Justices after noon yesterday we either snagged the bottom or a massive fish hit the lure on the reel. The line smoked out for about ten seconds and then went slack. The line had broken in front of the leader. We never did see what took it.
"Why are they fishing?", you might ask. "Haven't those boys eaten enough fish?"
Turns out John is a fishaholic, and just wants to fish. It's something to do...
The southerly winds forced us west yesterday, but they have been slowly lifting us, and now we're only 30 degrees off of our desired heading. We bumpy seas have smoothed out a bit, but nobody would consider this nice conditions.
This morning a cruise ship, The Pacific Pearl, passed a couple of miles from us on their way from Sydney to Tonga. We spoke to them on the VHF radio. We were going to ask them if they had any Grey Poupon but chickened out.
I'm standing watch with Tom Gannon, a retired Delta Airlines pilot. We have the 6-8PM and midnight-4AM watches. Clay and his cousin John Garth have the 8PM-midnight and 4AM-8AM watches. Daylight hours are a free for all. Yes, Tom and I have a better deal but the watch system was Clay's idea so we are going with it. Tom has sailboats in Maine and Florida and has two grown daughters like I do. We have a lot to talk about during our watches.
Personally, I prefer the cheap yellow mustard!
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