//WL2K Raining in San Carlos

Sailing Report:
We dropped the anchor in San Carlos at 0630 this morning and were greated with a cool rain shower thanks to hurricane Amanda I’m sure. Conditions exceeded expectations and Stormy was a rocket on the crossing resulting in a predawn arrival. This meant heaving to and bobbing up and down like a cork a few miles out while we waited for the sun to rise 🙂

Lat: 17°56.41’N
Lon: 111°03.22’W

Fishing Report:
The fishing was amazing as we left Isla San Marcos. For the first 4 hours we had at least one fish on per hour. Unfortunately, keeping them on proved to be a bit of a challenge. While I did land a couple more skipjacks, the 4ft, blue and silver, thrashing, jumping mass of fish managed to shake the hook. When it jumped it was a few hundred feet from the boat, and all I saw was giant silver and blue—marlin maybe???

There was another that took the rapala and –almost– all of my line before letting go deep underwater. It took me a while to reel all the line back in, and it really felt like it had snapped. However, once I got it back, the rapala was still there unharmed. Maybe it’s too small for these fish?

The dorado will have to wait for us to come back…

The Plan:
We will be heading over to the marina office today to book our haulout. Then Stormy will be put in the storage yard, and we’ll hitch a ride or take a bus back to the US.

This shouldn’t take more than a week. See you all soon.