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السبت، 17 مارس 2018

Sunny Side Up Sunday

Hello Dear Reader,

Not the species they were looking for!

Today I am grateful for the safe return of my boys yesterday evening. They are currently (they went out again at 2 am this morning) competing in a 2 day Marlin fishing tournament which involves covering a lot of ground, trolling for this species. The weather was always going to be a bit of an issue, but they went anyway.

They left at 3 am yesterday morning and when I was talking to my darling sister yesterday afternoon at around 4 pm, the boys still weren't home. I assured her that I wasn't too worried, they always call the coast guard on leaving and returning the harbour and as it was a big competition, surely there would be plenty of other boats around. But I was quietly very worried, that is a very long time to be on the water, in a boat that seems very big in the garage but in reality is just a blip on the ocean.

I started texting at 4.30 pm, first Jacob and then Mark when I didn't get a response, I was just about to ring the coast guard when I finally received a text from Jacob saying they were just coming into the harbour just then (5pm). He said it was the roughest swell he had ever been out in but the boat handled it fine and was just very uncomfortable.

To make matters worse they didn't hook up on any Marlin however did catch a Wahoo and a Mackerel, which won't score them any points for the comp but will fill the freezer. The weather today is forecast to be better, with less wind and smoother seas, here's hoping.