We had a wonderful time anchored in Fatu Hiva. We enjoyed our evenings with our first group of sailing cruisers swapping sea stories. Chris, the woodcarver, came out to our boat with his friend and brother to teach us Marquesas Ukulele. They brought us goat coconut and papaya, Marquesas possion cru, and hot bananas. We invited the neighboring boats and had a blast!
We left from Fatu Hiva around 8 am and headed for Tahuata. We had a nice squall give us some wind for the first hour then it was very calm. We needed to average more than 6 knots to arrive at the southern anchorage of Tahuata, Hapatoni Bay, so we turned on the engine and again motor sailed.
Seconds after leaving the Bay of Virgins in Fatu Hiva one of our hand line fishing reels started to dance, but then shortly stopped. Wade pulled in the line to check the hook and the fish actually broke the line and took the hook. A quarter of the way through our sail Sara saw fish jumping out of the water and surely the hand line reel started to dance. We pulled in our biggest Skip Jack Tuna. We decided it was worth keeping to try and see if Skip Jack Tuna taste better than the Yellow-fin Tuna blood line which most canned tuna fish is cut from. As we approached the southern tip of Tahuata the water depth read around 250 feet and two tuna hit our lures. Wade got his fish all the way to the boat and the line broke so that’s two lost cedar plugs. Sara maintained the second line and got the fish to the back of the boat when Wade pulled the 30 lbs Yellow-Fin Tuna onboard. Sushi for dinner!
Kou Tau Nui (Polynesian Cheers),
Wade and Sara
Boat Position At Noon: 10 degrees 13.084 minutes south and 138 degrees 56.554 minutes west.
