We wrapped up our time at Fernandez Bay by doing a long swim over to some rocks in the middle of the bay to see what we could see. We did find a couple of sand dollars and really enjoyed the swim. Of course Nati decided she wanted to have a friend standing by so we also got to meet "Barry". He just happened to like swimming with us too. 4 foot long barracudas have big teeth!
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| "Barry" |
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| "Ace of Spades" looking good! |
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| Nice water, huh? |
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| A Southern Ray digging in. |
As a side note, check out this marker up at
The Hermitage. Forgot to show it before but this was buried in rock right on top of the mountain. It is a US Geological Triangulation marker.
Off we go at 0620 to head for Eleuthera and the goal was Rock Sound since we are going to have a good storm front come through this weekend and we pretty much have 360 degree protection here. But on the way I did manage to hook 1 & 1/2 fish. Only lost one lure so that isn't too bad either. Now I finally did some catching but how about something edible? The 1/2 barracuda was fully alive and fighting even when I got the hook out of him and tossed him back in. BIG TEETH ALSO!
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| So who bit who? |
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| His little brother |
All in all the run was long (74nm) but we made it to anchor by 1730 so it was worth the time. Now we will slowly work our way up Eleuthera and make it to Spanish Wells. From there it will be time to find a window and make the 50+ mile run to the Abacos.
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| Our traveling companions! |
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