[password] NZL9424A27
[position] 17 54S 176 38W
[status] We are over half way to Fiji. Whoever said it would be a fair weather passage needs clarification on that terminology!! Yesterday mid day Glen got a marlin on one of his rods. It was a black one. Beautiful really and we let it go. He got it's bill on to the bottom step on the port side while he got the lure out of its mouth. Then again at 5.30pm another strike. Not a good time of the day really. This fish just ran with the line for a long time while we bought the boat under control. We were sailing at the time. Glen played it for 1 hour 7 minutes and it broke of the line. I saw a flash of something white in the water but unsure what it was. Anyway we have now pulled the mainsail down and just sailing with a small amount of Genoa. We want to arrive at the entrance in through the reef about 10.00am tomorrow morning, so we can see any coral heads etc.[END]