Day 10 Evening

Another beautiful day, winds have lightened as expected but we are still sailing along under the big bird kite.  Caught another 10 lb bull mahi this morning, kind of surprise this far north, almost to latitude of Oregon, water temp just below 70F.  Matt fixed a brunch of fresh bisquits, poached eggs on steamed mahi with hollandaise sauce.  Delicioso!  This afternoon Matt just missed getting a small glass ball that was almost completely covered with barnacles.  Matt and Judy made some mahi ceviche with fresh pineapple for dinner.  This is seeming like a gourmet cruise.  I expect winds to continue to lighten and we will probably be motoring by tomorrow as we get swallowed by the high pressure.  That may last a day before we get enough wind to resume sailing but it is all speculation.  Hope all is well ashore, we are doing fine, although the colder wet damp nights are soliciting complaints from some.  We think we are seeing some tsunami debris but it is very hard to determine what is general trash and what may have come from the devastation in Japan.  For instance today we came across a wooden beam roughly 15 ft x 18", two almost identical wooden tables/pallets about 5' square and a curious thing that looked like a large milking container, 4' tall, 2' dia with three legs on the bottom.  It was painted white but the bottom and the 3 legs were fluorescent orange.  One guess was the mail buoy? We also saw a small car tire, low profile, aluminum rim.  Tsunami or no?  Cheers, Al