I have to say the evening meal was better than expected. Fresh mahi only 3 hours from the ocean, 1 1/2 hours of that marinating in Linda’s special sauce. We also had fried rice with sweet peppers and onions, Linda reduced the marinate to a glaze we put over the rice and fresh fish……. Yeah…. We eat good.
Cleaning a big fish on deck is a messy ordeal, especially when your on the fishing grounds watching the line for another strike! After watching the fellow on Rum clean his fish, I had a better idea of how to master “big fish” preparation so it didn’t take long. Needless to say a shower was in order after cleaning the fish on the flat deck on my knees. I know… Not a pretty thought…. But it was well worth the effort expended. “Man stuff”
Our little corner of the ocean is calm tonight. I’ve tucked in close behind Dolphin Head point. The prevailing wave/wind is SE again, so we are barely sheltered by the small but convenient point. This is the closest anchorage I could find to the store, we may go tomorrow….. The bottom is pure white sand that’s holding my anchor like a newborn babe…… carefully and sure.
Not knowing the lay of the land yet, there may be better options, but I liked this spot after studying my Explorer chart book and it did not disappoint me. Sometimes a spot looks better on paper than it really is……. with a rocky bottom or unmarked coral heads but tonight I did good finding a nice anchorage for the evening.
We like to arrive at new locations with plenty of sun left overhead in case we need to move, and it makes it easier to pick our way in between the coral on shallow spots if we have good sun.
I called the “Hawks Nest” marina on the radio to inquire about dockage tomorrow, it was easy to make that decision…… It’s a sport fishing marina….. $2.50/ft for a slip, water cost .35 cents a gallon and I’m sure you have to pay for your electricity separately as well. Nope… I’m not interested in spending over $100 dollars a night to park my boat…. It’s free right here behind my own anchor.
I thought about splurging if it was $50 bucks or so and free water……. But nope!
I have been reading books a lot, today I finished Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karinina. I guess I’ll wrap up and go look at some new books below, see what I want to read next. Night all…. R