We are continuing to sail to Bahia Santa Maria. There was a lot of activity today. We caught our first fish, a Dorado or Mahi-Mahi. We were sitting in the cockpit when we heard the zing of the line going out. Dan reeled the fish in and landed the fish. I grabbed some vodka to help stun the fish. Rich and Dan used the back deck to cut the catch into meal sizes. I fetched the supplies and stayed out of the 'blood zone'. Now that we have a fresh water hose connection on the stern of the boat, Rich was nice enough to clean up. So it looks like we will be having some fish while we are at Bahia Santa Maria.
In addition we saw humpback whales breaching about 100 yards off our port side. We had several visits from dolphins including leaps and jumps. I was able to take a short video as well of the dolphins playing off our bow. Later this afternoon we saw a marlin jumping several times not far from us. Not sure why it was jumping. One of the cruisers landed a 62 inch marlin. They have photos to prove it. They were using a lure made from a Heineken beer can.
We hope to cross the finish line early in the morning and then go into Bahia Santa Maria if the winds hold up during the night.
Maybe some more fish too.
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