Part way to Cabo San Lucas
This morning we got up at 5:30 am to prepare for a 7:00 am start. Many boats wanted to start early so they would be only spending one night on passage. The winds were light but there were promises that it would build. It did for a while and we sailed until around 3:00 pm when the winds went down to under 5 knots. So we started the iron spinnaker.
As we crossed the Tropic of Cancer we christened Dan on the aft deck with a small bucket of water as it was his first time crossing it while at sea. We have the pictures to prove it.
At 4:20 pm the line from the fishing pole went ZING! Fish on! Rich quickly went to the reel to set the drag. The reel was burning hot and the fish was leaping multiple times out of the water. A MARLIN!!! and it was HUGE! Rich switch the reel to stop. and ZING, the line broke, the fish was gone. The reel was still very hot and the line was a knotted mess. There was still drag on the line as Rich slowly pulled it in and I wound it around an empty sunscreen bottle that Dan had used up. We wound and wound and pulled in all of the mono filament line but the leader was gone and so was the wahoo bomb, a lure that Rich had bought in San Diego. While we were sad we did not get a picture, we were secretly glad that it got away. The idea of trying to land a marlin much less cut it up on deck was a little concerning. But we now have quite a tail to tell.
Next stop, Cabo San Lucas
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