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Lexington - 3/10/17 FISHING FRUSTRATION



Not only am I not catching any fish, Sam and I got our lines twisted in a rats' nest late last night. I am beginning to try to untangle them today. Fishing lines can start to twist in the water as they are pulled through. As the boat continues the lines continue to twist on each other. It will be a good task for me today.
3/11/17 update continuation 9°. 57 ' south. 108°. 06 ' west On the fishing line above, I ended up cutting my hooks off and pulling my line out of the twisted other line. Sam was not as lucky. He just trashed his line and did not fish any more. I kept a line out with two hooks and two flying fish as bait. No luck at all. I did check the rice and bean supply and we are good even if I never catch a fish. I have ordered some more lures and supplies. The fish I am not catching are expensive. The only trouble with that is that I have to get my wife Judy to order it for me. That means she knows how much I am spending on the fish I am not catching.
We had a nice day yesterday. We had the asymmetrical spinnaker up a good part of the day and then the winds got a little stronger so we went back to white sails. Our frustration is that we are sailing along better than we have ever consistently sailed and we are still bringing up the rear. The good part is that we are not falling further and further behind. There is a boat who is not doing the ARC but is doing radio nets with us that is behind us. They are a couple sailing back to Australia, their home country, with just the two of them sailing. When we chose to put up the asymmetrical spinnaker yesterday morning we could barely see them on the horizon and they quickly disappeared. May fair winds fill your sails with love and understanding! Bob 

 


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