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[status] Well this morning got off to an exciting start ‘we’ (Malcolm) caught a 180kg BLUE MARLIN!!! Sasha saw it take the lure, just a few moments after she witnessed a school of flying fish dart out of the way of our starboard hull. Mike had taken the sunrise shift, and due to his Captain Jack Sparrow skills we were sailing very well at that point, and had secured the front-of-the-pack position again. The Marlin jumped completely out of the water showing off all its electric blue colouring. Sasha was awe struck, it truly was an amazing sight. We furled in the head sail, popped on the engines and Mal begun the fight to reel it in. We got it to the side of the boat, and took some gopro footage, and then let poor old Bluey go (no room in the freezers). Apart from that Sasha did the graveyard shift last night and saw THREE shooting stars – as bright as anything while listening to Eckhart Tolle’s ‘The Power of NOW” – ironic eh!! This morning we feasted on Muesli
and yoghurt with fresh sliced oranges and apples. For lunch we had the last of the crisp fresh lettuce in wraps with salami, brie, mayo and Dijon. And tonight I will attempt to cook dinner – Chicken Paprika from my brand-new handy dandy Edmonds cookery book (because Google does not exist out here), with roasted golden kumera. As I type this Mike and Mal are both sleeping like babies on the saloon couches, so Captain Sasha is at the helm (and the computer heh heh) – we’ve been motor-sailing since we caught the marlin – a tad bit more wind would be ideal right now, I’m starting to get the hang of this ‘trimming’ thing!! I’ve just downloaded all the metservice weather maps and looks like there is a little LOW sitting up above us at (roughly) 180E 30S, with a ‘tits & bum’ front south east of it’s center. We’ll definitely be tuning into Gulf Harbour Radio tomorrow morning for a weather update, we missed it today as Sasha was sleeping after her graveyard shift
. All very well on board.

[speed] 5.1knots

[heading] 009

[weather] Fine and sunny, it’s definitely getting warmer, cumulus clouds dotted around the horizon in all directions. The Ocean is near glassy, just a very slight swell.

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