December 8, 2015 – Today we have been caught by several squalls. The day started very cloudy again and when we saw 1 or 2 squalls approaching us we quickly jumped into our bathing suits and grabbed the bottles of shampoo. Nothing better than to start your day with a natural rain shower! (With a bit of help of the water hose…)
It’s again very warm and humid today. Because of that we all took it easy. Mariette and I watched a movie yesterday night and today, also that is possible on board.
And then we heard the fishing line rolling out… Our first reactions were ‘oh oh here we go again’ – slightly less enthusiastic than the first times catching fish. Daan’s goal to catch so much fish that all of us would have enough of it has been achieved! The last Mahi Mahi piece we actually threw overboard because we all had enough…
This time was different though. We all became quiet when the line was almost completely pulled in and we still didn’t see the fish jumping like all last times. We knew it would be a big one… It swam very deep and even went under the boat. Since day 1 we had an order outstanding with Daan to make us some fresh tuna. And today was the big day!! What a great surprise when Daan pulled a HUGE tuna from the water! After some brave actions of Daan, Gerard and Herman the tuna gave up and we could measure it and take some nice pictures of this beauty. A length of 1.20 meter (!!) and we estimate 20 to 25 kilo’s in weight. Incredible…
For dinner we had sashimi with soya sauce and wasabi, and grilled tuna steak. What a kick!!