ARC Europe Azores - Lagos Day 3

ARC Europe   Azores – Lagos  Day 3

Well, today I saw what I thought I would never see on this trip. Peter  caught a fish !! And not just any fish, but a 7’swordfish, weighing about 20 kilos, without a doubt the biggest fish we have landed on Fizz.  Stu will be sorry to have missed it. Peter has been putting the fishing line out every day we have been at sea, without a nibble, and has taken some ribbing from the rest of the crew, but perseverance paid off today, big time. It took quite a while to get it in, and we had to slow the boat down by bringing in the genoa, but eventually we pulled it on board, and what a beauty it was, blue and grey with a sail fin on top. So we now have a freezer full of swordfish steaks and guess what we are having for dinner, yep, swordfish. I will be following this with a large dose of humble pie. This afternoon the wind has picked up quite a bit, and we now have 25 kts of wind from the north with steep seas to contend with, which is making life difficult to move around on board. But we are making good speed towards our destination so we can’t complain.

More to follow

Chris

Fizz of Cowes

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