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En route to St Lucia we had the big Rapalla Lure out. It is roughly 20cm long and ment for big fish. In front of St Vincent we had a bite at around 7knots and a lot of line got pulled out. It must have been a Barracuda with around 60-80cm length. Well, we only reeled the head in since a much bigger one has bitten off the rest of our nice Barracuda. DAMNED! EDIT: According to the teeth it was rather a Wahoo head than a Barracuda head :-)

Without any fishing rod we used our permanently installed fishing net between our bows of the boat to catch this massive fish. We are not sure if we turn him into a fish curry or grill the fillets. Size does not always matter but sometimes it does!

We caught 2 big Mahi Mahi but one escaped. The other will become our dinner! 90cm long and so beautiful that we were also a bit sad to kill him.

After the 4th lure was "stolen" by some angry fish we decided to produce our own ones.Her is a rapid prototype consisting of parts of a coke can and a "Fruechte Freund" package wich is a kind of cereal bar.Then a double hook and an old metal nut from a toolset and up we go. We will keep you updated about any success :-)

Hi Blog-Followers, the good news is that we are now catching fish like crazy. Yesterday 9 Mahi Mahi and today the nice one on the picture. The bad news. It is too much to eat and also the fridge is still full.The good news is again for the fish since we throw them back in. The bad news is that one was bleeding but i hope that he will make it. Another bad news is that the boat is now spoiled with blood. Looks like a slaughterhouse.We have reduced now and are only fishing with one rod and the wobbler to catch a Tuna for Sushi. Our position is 19.55N and 30.15W doing 7 knots at 250 degress course over ground. Another good news is that the bakery has opened today and we will have a nice fresh baked bread. Good news: We have enough gas to let the oven run for 1 hours. bad news: We are consuming to much electricity and water. Good news: So does everyone else on the planet :-) Bad news: You will hear more of our storiesGood news: It will end around 9th of December at least for a while !

We caught 3 Mahi Mahi in 30 Minutes.This one will be converted into an indian fish curry. Good that we have all the indian spices with us! The 4th Mahi Mahi was on the hook but since it was less than 40cm it went back in again.Sky is blue and so is our sail and the canvas on the boat and Lanis eyes.So we are truly bluewater sailing!

The night was warm, it was the first night that i was sitting outside without my sailing Jacket but of course with life vest. At night everyone is not only wearing a life jacket but is also attached to the boat. This is important because no one might notice if you would fall over board. Or at least might pretend not to have noticed it :-) Since the water is warmer now we also found the first flying fish on the boat and showed it to Lani since she is such a big fan of fish. At the same time a small Mahi Mahi pulled on the fishing rod and i reeled him in and let him go since he was to small. Andi brought Christmas cookies from Chris parents and we hope that these will find their way into our night watch motivation boxes! The sun is out and it is already 24 Celcius. What a good start into a nice day.

At 1400 today one of our fishing reels started to roll out and we reeled a small Mahi Mahi in.Since it was not enough as dinner for all of us we decided to let it grow one more year for the next ARC and threw him back in since he was not seriously injured.Approx. length was 50cm Today is a good day...

Of course we are dragging a lure behind. And today at 4knots in 67m depth suddenly there the was the sound of the line getting pulled from the reel. This happens often but usually it is just some seaweed that is caught with the line. There was no significant pull and so i realled it in with disappointment. When i saw the shimmering silver reflection of a fish under the surface i was amazed. We killed him quickly and Chris cleaned the fish and then he landed in the fridge. Either today or tomorrow he will end up in the pan. That was the first fish this season. That was important since it gave me also reassurance that the lure, line and reel are a good combination.

One part of the preparations was a cooking course. YES, a course on how to prepare fish. The course was held by a renown cooking school in Mannheim and held by Timo Beckert. The course was about "Steinbutt", Seawolf, Lobster and Jacobsmussel. Also Salmon and Tuna was covered. We started with a Carpaccio from raw Seawolf and Tuna followed by a pasta dish called Ravioli filled with Lobster. The next course was the "Steinbutt" made in the oven. The course started at 18.30 in the evening and went on until midnight. Interestingly one participant will move to Mumbai in India for a few years from the 1st of October onwards. A small world isn´t it? Lobsters are killed by putting them in boiling water alive. Cruel but it is the only legal way to kill them in Germany. If you want to have a lobster carpaccio then this does not work out since the meat needs to be raw. You then have to kill him with a method where you find the weak spot at the shell behind the ne...