Sashimi pays a visit

We both woke up around 2:30AM, so decided to get under way for San Diego. There was a full moon, so it was easy getting out of the harbor. There was no real wind so we motored the whole way although a few times, there was enough wind to put up the sails to add a little speed. But given our desire to maintain at least 6 knots, we kept the motor on. That meant we could make water and we arrived in SD with our water tanks almost full.

But the most important thing was that we broke our fishing jinx and caught a nice tuna. I think that it was a large bonito but you can look at the picture and decide for yourselves. I haven't caught a bonito in a very long time and can't remember what they look like. This guy was about 20 lbs. I bled him at once and filleted him, removing all the dark meat that imparts a strong flavor to the rest of the fish. We still came away with more than 10 lbs. of prime fillets. For lunch, Andi made some sticky rice, got out the soy sauce and wasabi, and we had some dynamite sashimi. I have never seen bonito sashimi in any Japanese restaurant, but it was fabulous! We used the pinkest part of the fish. Since then we have been cooking it lightly on the BBQ. Yum!