Hello everyone; Well it’s a new year, and we are off and running. We departed on our 17 day New Years trip (Taka’s Trip for many years). We departed from Fisherman’s landing at 15:30 hours, headed over to the bait barge, loaded up with beautiful sardines. Now getting out of the harbor, that was a different story. We had 25-30 knots of breeze, 12 to 15 foot seas, but thank God, we are headed south. It would not be a nice ride going north. Still it was not a nice ride last night. This morning Roy gave a seminar on kite leaders and how many each passengers will need. The crew was busy getting everyone ready, helping get the right rigs ready for the kite, chucking, and big baits. Weather today is still a very big sea, but a light breeze. It’s still a bit chilly, but hopefully by tomorrow, things will heat up a little. Once we get south, all the reports will be on our Facebook page, but until then wish us luck, and we will keep you posted on our daily events. Team R/p (Roy, Dharyl, Chris, Travan, Aden, Greg, Dave, and Frank)

“BeNt RoDs 4 LiFe”