On the phone with Mom again right now. They actually just had a fish hit while I’m on the phone. They’re at 38.02N 70.31W. They’re north of the stream in the ugly water. Still sailing and now asking me about my coastal forecasts so they they know what to expect tomorrow.

Well, they called from 37.24N 70.22W and they’re officially in the stream. They’ve got less than 200 miles to go and the water temp is 79º (they’re in for a real treat when they get on the shelf to 55~59º water!). Jake’s side caught another Mahi (Ruleo brought it aboard) and then both sides hooked up at the same time. Pete and Ruleo both landed black tipped tuna with Leo’s help on the back deck un-braiding the lines. They also had a 200lb marlin spool Jake’s line losing his best lure today. Ruleo actually fought it for a bit, but while sailing, it’s not exactly realistic to think you’ll do anything but lose a fish of that size. That puts the fishing score at 4-2-”a million” and -1 for the birds… Jake’s winning of course.

They’ve got 20~25kt of breeze and are still having a blast sailing. They were able to see the feeder bands to the tropical depression yesterday and last night they got to watch the lightning w/o getting hit with any of it. Sounds like they picked the perfect weather window to sneak out of Bermuda. They’ve got another front to cross tonight and they should be in sometime tomorrow night.