Position: 21 48.1N 27 04.1W

After our second large Mahi Mahi yesterday we decided to turn our attention towards Tuna. Last night after dinner we had changed all the big lures for small brightly coloured squid types that we had made up ourselves to try our hand at Bonito or small Tuna. Rob was on watch this morning at sunrise and we have a standing order that who ever is on watch at sunrise sets the fishing rods. Sunrise was at 07:20 ships time so Rob duly set the three lines out the back of the boat. 07:35 we had our first bite! I ran up on deck to give a hand, Rob had already throttled down and was fighting to get the fish in. luckily it was on the rod with the biggest reel and heaviest line. After 10mins Rob had managed to get the fish close enough to net which I duly did and welcomed him aboard with a knock to the head with the bat. It looks like he is a small 3-4kg Yellow Fin tuna. Nice! After it was prepared it was put in the fridge and we had some beautiful sashimi for lunch.
There has been no wind all day, around 4 knots from straight astern so not any good for sailing. It has been incredibly hot though. Just before lunch we stopped the engine and all bar one, jumped in and had a swim. It’s quite a weird feeling swimming in 5000meter deep ocean. The water was incredibly blue and over 26 degrees so very comfortable. So it looks like tuna steaks on the BBQ for dinner tonight, we eat like kings on Concerto! Here’s hoping for more wind tomorrow.

Gordon