Somehow, everything seems to work out for the best and we have decided to just enjoy having an extra couple of days here in the Bay of Islands. After bolting most of the broken gear back onto the deck, Whisper is in pretty good shape and since the boat yard is closed on Sunday, we spent a picture perfect day fishing together.

Timothy "Snapper Snatcher" Malone was the fishing king and hauled in two enormous snappers in a row. His quotable quote, "Bummer, I think I snagged the bottom... no wait! ... it's a HUGE fish!". We were fishing in about 130' of water so we had a fun time cheering him on as he labored to get them to the surface.

Tonight we are having a fish fry with friends that we were not sure we would see again, so there is a wonderful silver lining.