Ship's Log 07/11/09

Light winds made today mostly a motoring day. But NOAA forecast was on the money. As predicted I am starting to get SE winds 5-10kts and now its clocking to S-SW, and if the prediction is correct this should intensify to SW 10-15 and then SW 15-25 tomorrow. That would be great since I motored about 12 hours today. Another great thing that happened was a BIG mahi. I mean big, he was probably over 5 feet long. I got the photos and the video. The entire cockpit floor was bloody. I took the time and filet the fish. It took me close to two hours to filet the fist, and clean everything. I had mahi po'boy for dinner! No fries though, but it was so fresh that it didn't need any spices, just butter, bread bun, lettuce, and cheese. I think I'll have some more mahi tomorrow. Unless the waves pick up. It was a great way to break the boring motoring day.
Now, the stars are out, there are no clouds whatsoever, the milky way itself is enough to illuminate the deck. Towards the east, I can see the moon starting to light up few puffy clouds. Moonrise at 11PM. I am in the gulf stream, water is 82F, and I am getting a great push. Today, Coast guard was doing the search for a missing boater. 27' grady white was found beached but its owner 70 year old male was missing, very sad. 2 helicopters, and a big plane along with a Coast guard cutter were all doing the search patterns just east of Cape Lookout shoals. I tried reaching Herb(Southbound II) Canadian forecaster that voluntarily helps out voyaging vessels with weather routing. No reply. But he is usually busy so it takes few tries just to establish contact. I'll try again tomorrow. Ok Back to powernaps and the moonrise.