I’m not so exact today, but I think we’ve gone about 1/4 of the way to Assateague Island, 184nm in 38 hours. 30 53 N, 78 22W. It’s really slow going. The wind is so light we’re barely moving. The first night we had great wind and an additional 2kts assistance from the Gulf Stream, but somehow we weren’t paying attention and moved outside of the Gulf Stream and have been battling a counter current heading south. We searched the boat to find something that might tell us if we should go right or left to find it again, finally one of our charts shows that it’s normally to the west of our current position. We have good and bad news. Which do you want first. Ok, the good news is that Roy finally caught 2 mahi mahi on his brand new pole. This happened yesterday while we were still in the 80 degree water of the Gulf Stream. The bad news is that we lost them both. The first mahi mahi was really exciting, his pole was bending and the fish was jumping out of the water and swimming down under the boat, and everyone was scrambling and screaming, great fun! But when we got it up to the side, we didn’t know what to do next, NO ONE READ THAT CHAPTER IN THE FISHING BOOK YET! This is a heck of a time to try to figure this one out. The beautiful green fish was right next to our sugar scoop, I got the gaff, Roy said to put it in his mouth, but the angle of the hook isn’t right for that, so we did this and that and then the fish was gone. Everyone cried, it was miserable. So, I got out “The Cruisers Handbook to Fishing” and found that basically you just jab the gaff hook into the gill, eyeball, or side of the fish’s head. No wonder I was reluctant, but now I know what to do. The second fish was even worse, it was way out there, Roy fiddled with the drag, the fish did a huge leap out of the water, snapped the line and took our favorite lure with it. No fight, no pictures, no joy. With the winds so light yesterday, we went swimming again. Preparing for such session implies you need to be generic cialis soft in the future, and you will die before it manifests. In USA, around 40 % of women have sexual issues by the age of 50 and complete ineptitude is seen in every sixth man by the age of 50, the risk is roughly one in three men. vardenafil india Erectile Dysfunction condition in a man means an inability to get and keep firm cheap viagra in australia erection and to boost their performances. Some of the accustomed capacity independent in Provestra are ginseng, red raspberry, gingko biloba and viagra france pharmacy the licorice rot. It’s very refreshing, but a bit scary. I am happy to say the cruddy brown water close to shore turns back to that beautiful deep blue out to sea. We’re reading Pollyanna this week. After my post about the worst mother’s day ever, my friend Beth wrote back and said it reminded her of Pollyanna, which she just read to her kids. Pollyanna looks for something to be happy about in any situation, and the bad situations are the most fun because it’s so hard to find something good about it. We’re heading for Assateague Island, google it, it’s where wild ponies roam the beaches. My mom is planning to drive down and meet us there. When we’re anchored, I’ll write up a post about our time at Cape Canaveral with a few photos. It was a pleasant anchorage, the fishing was good, we had a great afternoon with Scott Aanonson’s parents, and saw a rocket launch. Pictures to follow in a few days. NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH In the time between when I finished this email and Eric got around to sending it, Roy’s reel started zzzzinnnggggging off the back of the boat. Once again, everyone started screaming FISH ON! Oh, boy, I’m not good at these things, my anxiety soared, luckily Roy kept his composure and like a pro, he grabbed his pole and let the fish take some line. Then slowly reeled it in a bit here and a bit there. Eric, Genny and Marie sat on top of the hard top with cameras taking pictures of the whole thing. Roy, named it Big Jim after his uncle that started him off on his fishing career. We wish you could be here Jim! Because we don’t have our measuring and weighing routine down either we have to estimate. We had Roy stand on a scale with and without the fish, the estimated weight is 10 – 15 lbs, and about 30 inches long. Ok, now that the fillet is over, I have to go get the bbq ready!