Position: 29 deg 58.17' N, 80 deg 42.3'W
Heading: 85 M
COG: 82 M
Winds: S 15kt
Seas: 5 ft, stacked, confused (gulf stream)
Current: est. 4kt N
temp: 75F
BP: 1019.5 mb
Notes:
After 6 frantic days in St. Augustine completing last-minute projects, we cast off at 1050 Eastern for an 1100 bridge opening. The race committee allowed a self-start at 1200, as only two boats were leaving from St. Augustine, with the remainder of the fleet leaving from Antigua. The Lost Unicorn had a faster start, because they crossed the line east of the official mark. We didn't protest.
The winds were southerly and moderate, allowing for a fast reach to the gulf stream. Within an hour, Kelly had caught a fish: a 30 lb wahoo. Although we were trolling a line, we hadn't really thought through our approach to landing and killing one. It was a bloody affair. I think we'll make less of a mess with the next one.
After two hours, the Lost Unicorn was no longer visible behind us.
2 comments:
Wa Hooooo !! You got your first wahoo. An auspicious start to the trip.
So I doubt you ate the stomach of the wahoo, but I was reading on Wikipedia about the fish and they said, "Most wahoo taken have a trematode parasite (Hirudinella ventricosa) living in their stomach. It appears to do no harm to the fish". Well, no harm to the fish, but what about the human eater? Also, in Hawaii they call the fish ono which means delicious, hope that it was.
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