Fishing Success!

Panama to Marquesas Day 10

Well, we were beginning to think that that our fishing skills were just not up to the task. 10 days the line(s) have been out and all we have done is snag seagulls and lose lures! Well, that all changed yesterday, when I bagged a yellow fin tuna! It put up quite a fight to land it, and we we all in a fluster as I dragged it on to the back deck. After filleting, the back deck looked like the scene of a massacre. A few buckets of sea water sorted it though.

And delicious it was too with fried potatoes, plantains and coleslaw. Looks like enough for 4 meals for two people. I think about 5 kilos or 10 pounds in weight. The line is back out. I am hoping to fill the freezer before we arrive in the Marquesas.

Another glorious days sailing today. Force 3 winds on a flat sea and a cloudless blue sky. It really is plain sailing here. We don’t want it to end!

Here’s our updated position:

We have started to slowly head south. Now only 115 nautical miles from the equator due south of us, but we probably wont be crossing for a few days yet.

We saw another boat today, a huge tanker heading to Panama. The first sign of life we have seen for about a week.

Fantastic sunset last night!

Catch you again tomorrow.

Dom & Ailsa on Azimuth.