Last week Dave was fortunate enough to get a temporary job on a 60 foot Riviera Sportfishing boat called "Back in Black" for the ElDorado Marlin Fishing Tournament as a deckhand. Dave was gone overnight on the boat from Wednesday Jan 25th until Saturday Jan 28th. Sadly they did not catch any marlin, but they did have several come up into the spread on the first day. The following days, they did not even see any marlin. They did catch a 550 pound hammerhead, which was tons of fun for all 7 of the guys on board. Only 21 marlin were caught in the entire tournament which had 25 boats. Saturday night we went to the awards dinner at Russell Sailfish Club, which was a fun time talking fishing all night. Since the tournament Dave has been out fishing several more times with Andre, a friend of a friend of ours, and still not caught a marlin. It has been 8 days on the water, hoping for a marlin, and Dave is starting to take it personal. He is now a on a mission to catch one very soon.
While Jill has not been out fishing lately, she did get to go sailing with our landlord Geoff, His 21 year-old daughter Sarah, and a little girl Sarah nannies for. While Dave was gone fishing, Jill enjoyed her time alone to relax and enjoy the beach, a few good books, a bit of shopping, and lots of catching up with family and friends back home.
On Thursday we went along with all of our neighbors to a performance by the Royal New Zealand Navy Band in the next town of Kerikeri. All 14 of us went to a nice dinner afterwards and had a good time together.
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