a great day

2200 local
S01 38 W161 56
360nm from Fanning

The wind has been pretty favorable today - from the right direction mostly and 8 to 11-knots. Colin served up some lunch of grilled cheese sandwiches from homemade bread, and just as we were finishing up a flock of birds filled the air aloft. Within seconds there were hundreds of birds everywhere and then crazy fish boils started frothing on either side of us.

Because Colin was down below making lunch we didn't have a line out, so MJ jumped up and threw one in. You could see the fish - what looked like thousands - feeding at the surface and it was only a matter of seconds before Colin, who had put the rest of grilling lunch on hold, grabbed the line and started screaming "Fish on! Fish on!!" After barking orders at us to slow the boat down (sometimes hard in Confetti!) he hauled the line in by hand (only sustaining a few cuts on his gloved hands and forearms)
and up came a most beautiful 30+ pound blue fin tuna.

The freezer is now chilling 3/4 of the meat and the rest we gorged ourselves on tonight in the form of sushi rolls and sashimi that just got better and better. The sky was so pretty as the sun set that it seemed fake, and Liz spun us a great playlist as soundtrack to our amazing evening under the stars.

We have edged our way east, so we won't cross the equator until tomorrow; hopefully before evening. All is fantastic as we glide underneath our half moon that is throwing off a huge moon river to the west.


The tuna boil.