Another beautiful, sunny day! Wind out of the north-northeast, about 12 knots.
After breakfast, I called "Pyxis" on the VHF to get the weather forecast. To my surprise, they were already on their way! They were just rounding the north end of Mujeres. Sure glad I caught them. They said it was really nice out there.
If it's good enough for "Pyxis", it's good enough for us, so we immediately weighed anchor and took off.
An ideal day for sailing. The wind was just right, the water was just right, the air temperature was delightful. You'd never have known it was the same ocean we were on a couple of days ago.
We had all four sails up, and we zoomed along at six to seven knots. Didn't have to use the engine until late afternoon.
"Primo" left shortly after we did. We were able to keep in touch with both "Primo" and "Pyxis" by VHF, which was comforting.
Around noon, the fishing line started whirring and the pole was bent ninety degrees. It was a struggle to get the fish on the boat. Turned out to be a barracuda, 40 inches long and about 30 pounds. And what a mouthful of teeth! He could have bitten your hand right off. So now we'll have fresh fish all the way to Key West, with a lot left over. And it's really delicious.
Lovely moonlit night.
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