SHA-BLAM!!! State of California – 0, Up-Cycled Fishing Lure – 2! Woo hoo! After Hugh’s success with the Tooth Brush fishing lure on the last passage, he set to work creating another lure from plastic debris we found on the beach in Barbados. Using the strap from a flip-flop, the cap of a Coke bottle and a couple of fish hooks, he built a rather suspect looking lure… until this afternoon. Just before sunset, wham, the lure was hit. Success! This time the fish wasn’t so big that it broke the line. We hauled in an approximately 12 kg Spanish Mackerel. We’re going to celebrate our arrival in Trinidad tomorrow with LARGE fish steaks!

Time: 1200
Boat Speed: 5.7 kts
Wind Speed 17 kts
Heading: 185 T
Barometer: 1014
Distance to Trinidad: 83 nm