02/15/07 23.47.100"N: 76.07.568" W
The plan today is to sail south with the Canadian Navy, and "AllezCat" to Lee Stocking Island. It is 35 miles, the winds are out of the south west, and the seas are about 2-3 ft. swell.
Unfortunately we waited till 0900 to call the yacht club to arrange for water and fuel. They inform us that they can't sell any water, and still have enough to supply the restaurant. So we grumble and sail on by.
It is truly a GREAT sail south. We are under full sails and making between 6.5 and 8 knts, with an average of 7.5 knts for the trip. Everyone else is sailing a rumb line to the cut at Lee Stocking, but we are fishing, so we follow the 250'-1000' wall line. About one or two miles from the cut we finally get hooked up on the cedar plug. What ever it is, it is spooling line off REAL fast. Diane grabs the helm and puts us into the wind, and I start trying to keep it from taking all the line off the reel. The battle is on, and the fish is winning. FINALLY, I start to make progress, a little at a time. When I win the thirty minute battle we have a 60 lb, (no lies, I have a scale), yellow fin tuna on board. Again thanks Doug for the gaff, it works great!!!!!!!!
We ease in to the anchorage with the Canadian Navy at Norman's Pond (north of Lee Stocking) and begin the WORK of cleaning the fish. It will be Sashimi tonight for the entire fleet!!!!!!!!!!