You really had to be there, but Snap and Crackle (or is it Crackle and Pop, I can never remember) aka Geoff and Jansen were lured into Hugh’s lair on the Catamaran “Moontide”. I really can’t profess to know much about the evening other than they didn’t make it back before the Pangas shut down for the night and when “Hugh” (aka Bill Lilly) brought them back on Moontide just in time to raise anchor for the next leg, both young men were wearing bunny ears and a big grin! Seems they had been regaling the crew of Moontide all night with our heroic trip down from San Francisco and had become quite the popular pair.
Short update for now as it’s pretty windy and bouncy, therefore hard to type. We’re a day and a half out of Bahia Tortuga and about 40 miles from Bahia Santa Maria, or about 6 or 7 hours at this speed (ETA 8 or 9PM tonight).
Beautiful night last night (I know, it’s getting boring hearing that). The moon didn’t come up until after midnight, so the stars above and phosphorescence in the water were spectacular! I could sail forever in these conditions. It’s 15 to 20 knots right now and the water is deep, deep, blue with crystal clear wave tops.
The big event today was our first Dorado (also known as Mahi Mahi). Around 1000, the line started screaming out. Geoff grabbed it and wrestled a striking blue, green and yellow, 40 inch Dorado. Not a really big one, but once it was filleted; it was obvious that this will be our dinner for at least the next three nights. We’re planning bbq’d fillets tonight, probably fish tacos tomorrow and then Ann and Diane are going to make fish chowder with what’s leftover.
The fishing lines are back out because a lot of the fleet are not catching fish and really appreciate the chance to try fresh Tuna or Mahi Mahi. There’s often a beach bbq and we’ve found that our fish is very popular when someone sets up a grill on the beach. We traded some two days ago for fresh caught oysters that we grilled and ate out of the shell right off the coals.
OK, that’s it for now, I’m hanging on down here to keep from flying across the cabin. I’ll post more tomorrow when we’re at anchor.