The Fiesta Cruiser

The Fiesta Cruiser In Honolulu Hawaii

This picture shows the Fiesta Cruiser when she was called the Starlet ll working in the waters of Honolulu Hawaii. Shown in the background is Honolulu with the natives in their dugouts approaching the tour boats.

The Fiesta Cruiser was built in New York then was sailed past the Florida Keys through the Panama Canal to Honolulu Hawaii. Two other fishermen and I made the trip from Hawaii to Puerto Peñasco. The winds were manageable varying 15-55 miles an hour.

Rounding Diamond Head and were on the way

This trip started out rounding Diamond Head with some choppy water on the east side which was unsettling to one of my crewmembers. Once away from the Islands; however, it reduced to about a ten foot swell allowing us to come up to 14 knots (about 15 miles per hour).

Hawaii to Cabo San Lucas to Peñasco - 4,000 miles in 19 days

Fueling the Fiesta Cruiser gave a new meaning to fill it up. I took on board 15,500 gallons of diesel for the trip. Along with lube oil and filters the total price was $41,866. I placed 12,500 gallons of diesel in hold number 3 and 3,000 gallons in barrels on the back deck.

This was a fairly long trip over a large expanse of open water. Half way through the voyage the closest land was Christmas Island south of the equator

We Caught several Mai Mai just east of Hawaii

With two fishermen as crewmembers we had lines in the water most daylight hours. I was surprised that we caught fish up to 12 miles per hour. The fish we caught were all of the hard bodied fast swimming variety like Mai Mai, Macrel, tuna, and albacore. We caught 27 fish in all including several unrecognized types but they were all good eating. Most of the food I purchased in Hawaii to be consumed on the trip we brought home to Peñasco including several hundred pounds of fish we caught. We ate great fish all the way home.

Another Mai Mai. One of the largest fish we caught

Fishing was good

Here you can see some of the 60 barrels tied down on the back deck. The weight of the barrels on the stern held the bow as high as possible. Even with this effort we needed to put plywood over the front stairs to prevent the waves breaking over the bow from going down to the first deck.

Smiling faces and good eating               The one that got away