We successfully made it through Cape Caution, which was our first jaunt into the Pacific Ocean. After an eight hour boating day, we headed to Big Fry Pan Cove. Some cute little smiley yellow fish (Time Zero Navigation did a great job depicting these little fish that look too cute to be caught…) showed up on the sounder, so we decided to throw the lines in and catch dinner. I drove, and in normal Jamie-fashion, decided to turn it into exercise time with using the stepper and exercise band, while Paul fished with the kids.
Kathryn quickly reeled in the first fish, a whopping 12in 3lb’er, identified possibly as a chum salmon? Hannah and Andrew pulled in the second fish; we believe it was a rockfish. While they were fishing, I decided to look into the drawers in the pilot house…and found that we missed throwing away some mugs with the old boat name, Invictus. Uh oh…sure enough, within minutes, we lost all electrical power to the helm and alarms were going off like crazy. All screens were black and we lost steering for a few moments. Paul rushed up and took over driving (I swear, I didn’t do anything!) and left Hannah to try to hold onto the fishing net from the swim platform with the second fish in it while Paul was driving 6knots. We got the fish and Hannah successfully aboard , made it to the anchorage and dropped anchor. Paul was trying to troubleshoot the electrical issues but didn’t get far when the power magically was re-stored. No idea what happened, but do superstitions exist for a reason? Anyways, we are happy the sea gods were on our side this time!
We sauteed the fish for everyone to try. Thankfully, we had a back-up plan of enchiladas or we may have gone to be hungry (a definite no no for this mommy monster)
In the morning (actually, closer to afternoon; with exception of Andrew’s room, the other kids don’t have windows in their room and have been sleeping until 11), we took the kayaks out to explore the bay. Kathryn and Andrew climbed ashore to explore a waterfall. Peaceful, for sure!
