We did the 195 mile return trip in much less time than it took us to get there, but then we had wind and waves more in our favour this time.
The winds were close-hauled with around 20 knots on the first day, so we were heeling pretty bad. That combined with the waves on the bow, we took on some water and our primary bilge pump stopped working. We luckily had a secondary pump, along with a third manual pump (Whale Pump), so we didn't sink. Gary had a spare pump and spent the first day replacing our primary while the boat was heeling at 40 degrees.
The second day was a breeze though and the winds/waves were on the beam. We ended up reeling in a monster Mahi Mahi, the biggest one yet (nearly my arm span), and now have fish for the next week.
We hit Cousteau Point at around 6:00pm and decided to drop anchor before we lost all sunlight. We'll leave either tomorrow or the day after and do the final dozen miles to Savusavu.
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