Sir Frances Drake once said, “It’s not that life onshore is distasteful to me, it’s just that life at sea is better.” Today was one of those better days. In the early morning there was just a hint of blue making a showing in the dull grey sky. The wind had blown nicely all night, the seas were if not flattening out, at least becoming more organised. We put up all three sails of our cutter rig, and were enjoying a fine beam reach. We had our friends’ Glen and Mary on Danica 1’s AIS signature pop up on our chart plotter as they zoomed past us, so we hailed them on vhf, switched to ssb, and had a lovely chat. After lunch we hooked not one, but two pretty Mahi Mahis at the same time! One on each rig! First time that has ever happened! In the afternoon it was smooth enough sailing to get some chores done both inside and out, so we felt the day was very well spent, making great progress towards our destination, while enjoying the journey. The absolute best kind of sailing! Just the Sweet Dream we had envisioned.
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