After 3 weeks in NY and Maine for the holidays I returned to
the boat where Jerry said he had kicked the dancing girls off the boat for my
return. I had a wonderful time visiting
with family and our friends Brian &
Debbie and Bill & Laurie while in Pennellville. I almost stayed long enough to celebrate
Debbie’s retirement today. While I spent time
with family and friends Jerry stayed aboard in Georgetown.
He had an interesting snorkeling story to tell. We often see sharks while snorkeling but they
turn tail as soon as they see a human.
This time – not so. Jerry had
just speared his second yellowtail snapper when a 4’ lemon shark suddenly
appeared and grabbed the shish-ka-bobbed snapper off the end of Jerry’s spear
ripping off its head. Jerry didn’t know
what was happening until it had already happened. He decided to swim back to the dinghy. The shark appeared again. After all, the other half of the snapper was
still on the end of the spear! In an
effort to dissuade the shark he punched it in the head on its return but
decided a better choice was to drop the spear with the half fish on it. So back in the dinghy Jerry watched the shark
eat the other half of the fish and swim off before getting back in the water to
pick up his spear and continue with the hunting and spearing a lobster.
Life is back to “normal” on board. We made a number of trips to town to buy
fresh produce and whatever else we would need for our next adventure: sailing
to Staniel Cay to pick up our friends Dave and Leesie flying in from
Seattle! They will be with us for 12
days.
Our friends Jerry and Donna on Bluejacket arrived in
Georgetown about the same time I returned from NY. After a couple of food/game filled evenings
with them they continued south. We will
meet up with them in the Jumentos in February.
You will be able to actually see our position change if you
look at SPOT starting tomorrow.
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Jerry’s first yellowtail snapper and lobster.
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Christmas dinner at the Shepard’s in Maine. Clockwise: Karen, Sydney, Kira, Susan, Tom,
Owen, Dad, Mom.
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Here’s the kind of
excitement Jerry enjoys: fixing Donna’s electric bug zapper racket.
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