First thing this morning we went ashore to clear out with Customs. We'd tried to do this yesterday afternoon but they shut shop 15 minutes early and we had to come back. After Customs we picked up last minute groceries as if we didn't already have enough food to last the 2 day crossing to American Samoa.
Our sail started well with 15 knots on the beam and flat seas and continued like that for the entire 48 hours it took us to cover 290 miles. It was a perfect sail. Clear skies, empty seas, no rolling and a fully, but it stayed with us and we sailed into Pago Pago harbour under full sail.
On the way we caught our first wahoo which looks very similar to a barracuda but with black bands on the flank and is excellent for eating. Allegedly. I say this because at the very last moment, David had gaffed it through the gills being too big for the catch net, I was holding the gaff with David about to sling a noose around the tail ready to drag it alongside the boat whilst it bled, and it gave one almighty last jump and ripped the gaff hook through its jaw. Darn and double darn. We almost had him secured and now he's shark food.
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