what a great day!
in the morning we decided to change sails to goose wing. (the headsail is poled out on one side, the main sail on the other to go directly downwind)
with the very benign sea this turned out to be (and still is) a very comfortable sail.
we made good progress too and simply enjoyed one of the best days sailing ever.
but it does not stop here!
after numerous bites Mark finally caught a wonderful mahi mahi (dorade/dolphin fish) about 60cm long. quite a little one compared to the ones that have been biting before, but perfect size for us two. what a beautiful fish a mahi is.
funnily the poor thing jumped onto the hand line with the simple squid lure on it, not the proper rod - and as Mark and i were quite engaged into a game of cards we only noticed it a while later. it was very exhausted by the time we got him in and with a very quick cut mark ended his misery.
within 10 minutes Mark had him skinned and filleted with not one drop of blood on our boat - just how the smutje likes it!
we had it with a coconut-vegetable curry rice, a recipe that i found in a cookbook i got from my cousin Tina - and is one of the best recipes i came across in the last weeks!
the fish was done on the bbq with a bit of lemon pepper and lemon - this made for the best meal we had in months including restaurants.
with such great sailing, a smooth ocean and a boat that is flying along without having any issues it is easy to enjoy being out here, having a wonderful time dealing only with our simple matters at hand. on these days long passage sailing is just an outstanding experience - far from boring.
dear Neptune, if i had one little wish...it would be more days like this to come.
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