Crossing the Laccadive Sea - Sri Lanka to Maldives

Sunsets, sunrises and moonlight while sailing across the Lakshadweep sea from Sri Lanka to the Maldives

While sailing for days on end between land masses in the Indian Ocean, we take it in shifts to keep watch. Being up late at night watching the moon set over the ocean, lying on deck gazing at the brightest stars i have ever seen coupled with the occasional disintegrating meteorites, totally awe inspired by the most intense and fierce lightning storms in the distance, dolphins playing and speaking loudly with each other at the front of the boat under moonlight and the sight of phosphorescent microscopic creatures sparkling like tiny stars darting across the surface of the water. All these things at night are incredibly difficult and totally pointless to attempt to catch on on camera, especially for a simple man like me manned with just an iPhone.. but occasionally, just occasionally! Watch the slo mo vid at https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6HxIuFl7P/?taken-by=jesse_james_one - I am proud of that one.

A lovely Mahi Mahi, (Dorado in Spanish, Dolphin fish in certain English speaking countries) caught mid trip from Sri Lanka to the Maldives. Luckily I have a captain who likes fishing almost as much as me so we have plenty of lures out the back and will slow even when on the sail to retrieve our catch. Sailing for days or weeks on end some times, and actually we are looking at another two to three months with everything in between us and Madagascar, we have to be as resourceful as possible with our food supplies. This beautiful creature has provided us with several incredible meals with some left over for drying into deliciously cured fish jerky.

Sushi while sailing across the Lakshadweep sea 🌊🐠🍣 a couple of things we did with our beautiful fresh Indian Ocean Mahi Mahi while mid trip.

Next post - Maldives so far.. x