[password]Tusi2284
[position]16 43.772S 151 26.522W
[speed]0knots
[heading]00T
[weather]ESE 15knots, seas 0m, cloud cover 10%, barometer 1017 steady
[status]Tusi 2 is presently tied alongside the wharf at Uturoa the main town on Raiatia. Ngaire and her kids flew home this morning so Helen and I are now pondering our options for the next three weeks. Our attempt to return to Moorea last Tuesday ended with us back in Huahine because the 3m seas on the nose were too hard on both the boat and the crew. We returned to Raiatia on Wednesday after a wild night in the anchorage at Huahine. On the way back to Raiatia we hooked a striped marlin and after playing it for close to an hour got it alongside the boat about 10m down. I thought we had it but not so! The braid line I'm using on my new fishing rod slipped off the roller at the tip of the rod and jambed between the roller and it's frame. The marlin gave a kick and both the line and the rod broke immediately. That was the end of our marlin dinners! It was a big fish, over 2m long and probably 80 to 100kg, so we could never have used it all even with our two freezers. Maybe losing it was the best outcome. I've since bought a new rod in Uturoa so we're back in the fishing business, hopefully mahimahi this time!

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