fish on and off ....twice!

A report finally///////////////

The wind is light and so are the seas. two days ago...the total mileage was 2 nautical miles (tw0). Today was a bit better with about 28 NM logged in 24 hrs.

Devon writes in his most recent long winded email...........................

Hi

S 17 37.645 152 00.970 hd 63 wind 7 wave 0

We cleaned bottom and speared 80 lbs mahi mahi. Broke the spear and dropped the fish during transfer to boat.

Last night caught 80 lbs yellow fin lost during gaffing!

fishing supplies needed

5) 6 in trolling flashers Twinkie shape offset nose and tail

1 )spool 100 lbs monofilament leader

6) buck tail jigs med. size 4 in. total length

1) planning downrigger weight\foil

any thing else that looks good

Love Devon

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Heh Devon:

hows that canned tuna and spam tasting?

hopefully you will get some tonight. 7 knots moves the boat enough to troll.

good luck.

for cool time zone info go to

http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?UTC/s/0/java

Getting closer...and the 420,000 waves theory

The line represents the PROJECTED track of the boat.

Communication from the boat has been limited to one line emails.

Last night we received this long communication:

"S 16 05.880 W152 41.130 hd 160 wind 14 wave 4 see you soon love Devon"

So there isn't much to post. I guess 12 hours of watch per day ....and working on systems probably wears on the body. The seas appear to have dropped down to 4-5 feet and the winds are "one the nose" for this last beat to Papeete.

Dustin and Devon have endured nearly 420,000 waves since leaving Port Townsend.

24 hr a day, 42 days, avg 8.5 second interval. Equals 7 waves per minute ...420 per hour....1000 hrs at sea = 420,000 waves.......Average height if calculated from Devons nightly reports is about 8 feet. So up and down a wave is 16 feet +/-. Times the 420,000 waves yields 6,720,000 feet of vertical movement. Divided by 6000 feet in nautical mile....is 1,120 nautical miles of just up and down motion!. Total distance covered is about 4500 NM.