This one's for Dan.

Heidi and I had a very exciting sail up the coast of St. Lucia from the Pitons back up to Rodney Bay (some weather coming in, so we came up to this more protected and service oriented bay). The weather predictions were for 14 to 18 knots from the SE. We got all of that wind and more, but a bit more from the east. We were trimming the sails every minute or two, as the wind kept wandering around and we were "racing" our buds from Canada, Michel and Danielle, hitting hull speed a few time and kissed 8 knots a couple of times. Heidi and I worked great as a double handed team!

We were approaching our turning point to head into the bay and were about to discuss our next moves, when I heard "wiiiiiiizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" we had a strike on our trolling line. I carefully increased the drag while Heidi tried to slow the boat down (not easy under full sail and 17 knots of wind!), as our catch was going very fast in the wrong direction. Once I got the fish steadied up, we pulled in the Genny to decrease boat speed and allow better maneuverability. After not too long a fight, it finally appeared ... a 40" Wahoo -- a beauty in my eyes. Dan, we got it on the skirted ballyhoo lure. Thanks!

So, now we have 12 good sized steaks, AFTER I tossed the last 10" of tail section back to the sea ... thanking the gods and appreciating our catch. We are back in Rodney Bay and will hopefully share some fresh grilled steaks tonight with our Dutch buds, Irene and Theo.

Man, is the great or what?!?!