Jan 21 - Jan 26
On our way to Georgetown, we threw a fishing line overboard. As before, we didn’t really expect to catch anything so we weren’t prepared when we did. Steve felt a tug on the line and reeled it in. When he got it close the boat, we could see it was a small skipjack tuna (about 5 pounds). I was so excited, I just stood there looking at it instead of getting the net and of course it wiggled and broke free of the line. While we had been struggling with our fish, our friends on Hum 2 had called us on the radio. After we lost our tuna, we called them back and found out that they had just caught a 3 foot long Wahoo. We threw our line back in the water to see if it had any friends out there but we didn’t catch anything. When we got to Georgetown, Ted brought over a couple of large fillets from the Wahoo which were absolutely delicious. We fried them up my Dad’s favourite way …coated in crushed cracker crumbs and fried golden brown. Yum!
A couple days later, we went spear fishing with Martin, DanI and Kathryn from “Nordic”. We drove our dinghies a couple miles through large waves to the windward side of the island where there was tons of coral. We spent from 11:00 to 3:00 in the water and we were quite successful. We all contributed to the catch of 4 lobsters (one of which was about 5 pounds), 1 large crab (it lost 4 legs in the struggle), and 4 small fish (they looked much bigger under water with the 25% magnification). The lobster were harder to find but easier to spear because they back under rocks so they can’t run too far when they see you coming. The fish, however, were much more elusive. They can swim in any direction so they were a real challenge to hit with the spear. I am sure we will become far better marksmen with a little practice.
We took our catch back to Nordic where Steve and Martin cleaned the catch then DanI cooked up a feast. By the end of dinner, we could hardly keep our eyes open after a long day of physical exertion.
Another day, one of the cruising boats decided to offer a little culture to the rest of us and put on a little musical entertainment called “Opera on the Water”. The couple on “Maggie M” were quite talented. The husband played guitar and sang some folk songs and the wife was trained in classical music and so did a few songs from the opera. About 50 dinghies showed up and rafted together behind their boat. We all had a good seat and we could all hear well too since they had borrowed a sound system from somewhere.
There is lots of other entertainment in the anchorage here too. There are regular volleyball games on the beach, bridge club, dominos, basket weaving, hiking trails, basemall games, Texas hold’em poker tournements and much more. Never a dull moment in Georgetown.
On our way to Georgetown, we threw a fishing line overboard. As before, we didn’t really expect to catch anything so we weren’t prepared when we did. Steve felt a tug on the line and reeled it in. When he got it close the boat, we could see it was a small skipjack tuna (about 5 pounds). I was so excited, I just stood there looking at it instead of getting the net and of course it wiggled and broke free of the line. While we had been struggling with our fish, our friends on Hum 2 had called us on the radio. After we lost our tuna, we called them back and found out that they had just caught a 3 foot long Wahoo. We threw our line back in the water to see if it had any friends out there but we didn’t catch anything. When we got to Georgetown, Ted brought over a couple of large fillets from the Wahoo which were absolutely delicious. We fried them up my Dad’s favourite way …coated in crushed cracker crumbs and fried golden brown. Yum!
A couple days later, we went spear fishing with Martin, DanI and Kathryn from “Nordic”. We drove our dinghies a couple miles through large waves to the windward side of the island where there was tons of coral. We spent from 11:00 to 3:00 in the water and we were quite successful. We all contributed to the catch of 4 lobsters (one of which was about 5 pounds), 1 large crab (it lost 4 legs in the struggle), and 4 small fish (they looked much bigger under water with the 25% magnification). The lobster were harder to find but easier to spear because they back under rocks so they can’t run too far when they see you coming. The fish, however, were much more elusive. They can swim in any direction so they were a real challenge to hit with the spear. I am sure we will become far better marksmen with a little practice.
We took our catch back to Nordic where Steve and Martin cleaned the catch then DanI cooked up a feast. By the end of dinner, we could hardly keep our eyes open after a long day of physical exertion.
Another day, one of the cruising boats decided to offer a little culture to the rest of us and put on a little musical entertainment called “Opera on the Water”. The couple on “Maggie M” were quite talented. The husband played guitar and sang some folk songs and the wife was trained in classical music and so did a few songs from the opera. About 50 dinghies showed up and rafted together behind their boat. We all had a good seat and we could all hear well too since they had borrowed a sound system from somewhere.
There is lots of other entertainment in the anchorage here too. There are regular volleyball games on the beach, bridge club, dominos, basket weaving, hiking trails, basemall games, Texas hold’em poker tournements and much more. Never a dull moment in Georgetown.
posted by tobogganride at 5:55 AM
1 Comments:
Great Photo's and stories. Everyone enjoys reading about your experiences. We hope that you are enjoying your dream and I think that most people are envious. We know we are. You certainly are not missing the {{{{COLD}}}} weather that we are experiencing here.
Many people from LPBYC are watching.
Tom & Mary
tmgranton@rogers.com
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