We had a 17 hour crossing with smooth sailing. Within the first few minutes we caught a ciro mackeral. Ya hoo! Laurie was just in the middle of cleaning it when zing zing...our line went off again and we were reeling in a big baracuda!
We buddy boated with Aspen last night (Steve and Maria), keeping in contact with them every 2 hours. Steve loves his technology and has a radar with AIS. This allows hsee , identify a ship off in the distance by name, length, heading and potential collision course. I called him often asking about this ship or that. How reassuring it was to find out that the ship that I was sure was heading right for us was moored and a small boat was set up to protect it overnight! I think we need one of these gizmos...
It's over the top down here with the heat. We will be out in the bay with no wind and lots of no see ums tonight. Tomorrow once we're hauled out of the water, Laurie will hook up the air conditioner we brought from home, so we'll be more comfortable then.
I'll be writing more tomorrow!
This documents the continuing adventures of Laurie and Dawn on their sailing vessel Cat Tales, a F.P. Tobago 35. The journey began in 2004. cattales35@gmail.com
