By morining the sky has clouded over and at 0600 a light rain begins to fall. The sea is remarkably calm yet there is enough wind to continue pushing us along at 6 to 7 knots. By 0700 we are at S19º42 E176º37 (for those following this on Google Earth). At 0930 I calculate that we have made 130 n-miles in the first 24 hours.
The rain has cooled the air a bit and it is a pleasant day to take the dog for a walk and then come in and sit by the fire with a hot chocolate. We settle for just the hot chocolate.
By 1130 the rain stops and the fishing reel begins to sing. Andy gets first fish using the pole - previously he had set the boat record using the drag line. After a brief fight he brings in a primitive looking specimen that we think may be a Spanish mackerel. It is certainly from the same family as barracuda and wahoo with big ferocious teeth. It is not a big fish but even when gaffed, it tries to bite Mark’s hand.
I make the best batch of tortillas yet and Kurt demonstrates that the fish does not look so mean after being Tempura-batter fried. We sit down to a delicious lunch of fish tacos.
While underway, we tend to take naps during the day to make up for the sleep lost during watches. Also, the interruption of sleep to go on watch causes fatigue, thus the afternoon is spent quietly with at least two people asleep at any time.
The sky is overcast all day and rain begins again just as I hand over my watch at 10 PM.
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