Day 3 (Auguste 26) - Mahi-Mahi for lunch

The rest of sunday we had pretty strong winds. With 2 reefs in the main we were still keeping a speed between 5 and 6 kts. and within the gusts of some dark cloud we even speeded up to 7 kts. The 2nd night went by smooth - with enough winds in the sails, we had Max steering all night through.
Monday morning arose in a thick cloud cover - the wind finally shifted - coming now from the southt-south east. With a fair breeze in our favor we continued making good miles. Shaking out one of the reefs as the wind sattled down a bit we still maintained an average speed of 4.5 - 6kts. With Max doing all the work we were free to bother about more enjoyable things than driving the boat - fishing! Enthusiastic that these cloudy conditions, which fish seem to like, would increase our luck to catch one, we hooked on the "pink lady" on peters line and also let out the all-round rainbow lure on Barbara's handline. Despite the many birds that tried to catch our tackle - forcing us to wheel the lines in several times (and Barbara to scare them away by shouting into the sky) - we soon had a little Tuna on the Handline! having just brought in the first fish - we had another one - this time a beautiful Mahi-Mahi, on Peters rod! What a delicious feast was this lunch with a backed fish on rice prepared by David and Barbara's famous "vegetable variation"!
with full bellies and happy moods, we kept sailing consistently for the rest of the day - slower and faster in times and put in a second reef before the sunset.
7:05 o clock and only 540nm to Coffs Harbour!