this am we definatly had had enough of “civilization” fortunately we had found a local cab to take me pick up the rum so while i filled up our gerry jugs with local rum aimee hit the groceries. we got off the dock before noon with a beutiful (slow) sail around the north side of antigua.
antigua is got a lot of reef and so when i cross checked my chart plotter against the cruising guide i discovered a discrepancy which caused me to pull out the actuall paper chart! yes, we do have a few of these on palapa. interestingly enough antigua has a majority of its sundings surveyed by the british admiralty using leadlines in the 1800’s so i dont believe anything until i verify it.
the end result was a more conservative routing taking us further off shore. this turned out to be very fortuitous as while down below i hear aimee shout “fish”. she had 3 lines out and we got a hit on her favorite rapela. we got the guy on board with no gaff and i did a remarkable job killing the guy and getting him overboard without spreading blood everywhere. aimee did an even better job cleaning him as if it was the only food we would have for weeks.
we where so excited by the fish event i forgot to watch the americas cup on the iphone via 3g. good news it looks like it is not over and i am watching it on utube as i write this!
we got into green island an hour before sun set and jumped in for a quick swim. the water is perfect temp and we stayed in sipping our cocktails watching the sun set. very nice!
and we had great tuna pokie followed by my famous yaki soba for dinner.
cheers,
roger
The pirate life looks good on you. Those drinks look yummy too. Don’t forget that recipe for when we come down!!
I want to see the fish!