Greetings from yacht Ensemble!
Another good sailing day - covering 200 nm in a day - with winds 15-20 knots, and seas slight but building at 1-2m. We are averaging between 8 - 9 knots - the only problem being at this speed the ride is a bit bumpy - and it is too fast to fish!
We lost another lure today - this one in spectacular fashion - with the fixed line going taunt and when the line broke - the 10mm chord wipping back into the salon (unfortunately no fish attached). The method has promise though - and I figure if we get the aim and the tension right the fish will end up in the galley sink...
We did however manage to catch 10 flying fish - sizes ranging from 1 cm to 14 cm. Tomorrow we will try them on toast!
From a culinary perspective we did fine - with Magali cooking up a pepper sauce pasta based on a recipe she tried in New York (at 'Eataly') - and fish in beer batter for dinner (not flying fish but Mahi Mahi in case you were worried). Of course we celebrated Woman's Day with some bubbles...
Hopefully seas will ease today - or at least will have more of a following swell.
Cheers
Dave & Magali
8Mar2012 006