118cm Dorado
Luceyblue
Ina&Buc&Simon&Amanda
Wed 1 Apr 2009 07:50
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00:58.5n 88:03.0w
Can`t believe that we cannot find the fish weighing
equipment, but at least we know it was 118 cms long, a beautiful Dorado, in
green. It was caught on the rod, which was being kept in a plastic rod holder.
We heard the reel start to click as the line went out, and by the trip I got to
the rod, all the line was out, the rod holder broken , and the only thing
holding the rod aboard was the security line Simon has tied on. It must have
taken 15 mins to get on board, Ina finally landing it with the gaff we bought in
Las Palmas, and have not used until now!
Ina is getting very good at filletting the fish, so
we had fresh fish for dinner tonight, and more in the fridge for the
morning.
Other than that, little to report, almost dead
flatcalm at the moment, with a northerly setting current at 1.4 kts, so as we
are heading SW that is slowing us down a little. ETA sometime on the 2nd april.
Amanda is hopping up and down to see Cat mousess again.
Long swim today, the water temp was colder than
yesterday, I guess tat is a sign we are closing with the islands. Starting to
get very excited, the turtles are the most looked forward to, followed by
penguins, sealions, seals, water iguanas, well, you get the
picture!
That`s all for now.
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