Woke up at about 8 which is late for us now.
Already, most guys awake up on deck already. Put on the old trunks and away we go. Nice dive off the top rails and a good swim before breakfast. Huge amount of shooting stars on the shallow beach today.
After breakfast the kuna man turned up with fresh ice, beer, coke and bread. The essentials. Back to the water where there were sharks the previous night. Some of us used the anchor chain to see how deep we could swim. I got about 6 feet or so from the bottom but it was jamie that completed the challenge. Bringing up a handful of dirt from about 40 odd feet down. It's amazing how deep you can get providing you equalise on your way down. You feel like your head and lungs are going to implode as you turn around to start your ascent. But then you see the silver surface above and the lungs expand and it's the most relaxing thing. If those sharks came back I don't think I'd be so relaxed.
With a scheduled departure of midday, jamie and I swam out to a reef off a neighbouring island. Just before we got there the water bacame so shallow over coral I thought I was going to beach myself and rip the skin off my chest but a hundred meters later it dropped off and the coral walls were home to some cool fish. We swam back, shattered because we were trying to keep close to the surface. We left at 2. Straight sailing to cartegena lies ahead now. 48 hours and about 200 miles till destination.
Evening. Our first catch. A mirror was caught and reeled in from the back of the boat. It turned into a tuna as it came out of the water. Guido unhooked it and held it down calling for the knife. Patrick couldn't find the right one and the fish started to panic. Instead Guido ripped it's head off. Literally. In his bare hands.
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