Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Noon Position : 34 04 N 076 37 W
Course 230 degrees Speed 11.3 knots Days Run : 271 miles
Weather : Few clouds, warm and hazy. Big southerly swell probably generated by Hurricane Rita off Florida. Wind is light South Easterly, about 5 knots.
News: The fishing continued to fair well yesterday and we caught a few more tuna. There were also a lot of porpoise around but they were all docile and did not seem interested in coming to play off our bow wave.
We rounded the notorious Cape Hatteras at 0300 this morning but she did not live up to her reputation and we had quiet weather although quite a bit of shipping traffic. We then altered to the SW towards Frying Pan Shoal and then on towards Savannah which was 265 miles away at noon today so we should get in by lunchtime tomorrow.
Just after first light this morning both fishing lines started running and we landed two 26lb Wahoo, followed a hour later by a couple of skipjack tuna which we release and then a spanish mackerel. Meantime all the crew are busy on deck as we have now managed to take off the mizzen and the genoa in preparation for the yard. With these light wind conditions we don’t need them and it is much easier to get them off the spars while we can swing the boat into the wind and drop them on deck. As you can image they are not very light and it takes the whole crew just to move them.
All is well on board and we are looking forward to arriving in Savannah tomorrow.
PW