FISH ON!!!
Yeah, our first fish of the trip. I was sitting at the helm when I heard a strange sound. As I was looking up the reefed main trying to figure out what the noise was, Paul came running out of the cabin yelling, "FISH ON". OOHhhh, that is what the noise was!!! We have had these lures swimming for days with out a strike. Then day we all start to shed some of our layers of clothes and Paul starts cracking open a few beers, the lines start to scream. Unfortunately, the clicker didn't work on the reel we just had repaired in Whangarei so it spooled the other rod and lost the fish. The Mahi we did get in was quite big and plenty of fish for the next couple days plus, some to put the in freezer. Today was a great sailing day with steady 15 knots of wind with an occasional gust that pushed us along at 8+ knots and sometimes up to 10+ Wheeee. There is another big nasty low pressure coming across New Zealand and generating some substantial winds. We hope to be just at the northern tail end of the low by the time it passes by us. All is well aboard 'Free Spirit'.
Yeah, our first fish of the trip. I was sitting at the helm when I heard a strange sound. As I was looking up the reefed main trying to figure out what the noise was, Paul came running out of the cabin yelling, "FISH ON". OOHhhh, that is what the noise was!!! We have had these lures swimming for days with out a strike. Then day we all start to shed some of our layers of clothes and Paul starts cracking open a few beers, the lines start to scream. Unfortunately, the clicker didn't work on the reel we just had repaired in Whangarei so it spooled the other rod and lost the fish. The Mahi we did get in was quite big and plenty of fish for the next couple days plus, some to put the in freezer. Today was a great sailing day with steady 15 knots of wind with an occasional gust that pushed us along at 8+ knots and sometimes up to 10+ Wheeee. There is another big nasty low pressure coming across New Zealand and generating some substantial winds. We hope to be just at the northern tail end of the low by the time it passes by us. All is well aboard 'Free Spirit'.
28*23 S 177*13 E
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