Honorless Bahamian Lobster Puds

July 25 - August 1, 2007

Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - Kids Cove, George Town, Exumas
By Tom

Another delayed update.

Work has wrapped up here in G'town and we are once again ready to brave the high seas. Tomorrow we plan on sliding in to the fuel dock and filling up and then casting off for the Ragged Islands. Lobster season officially opens tomorrow and I am ready!

Of course, you've been able to buy "fresh" lobster on the fish wharf all during the closed season, which leads me to believe the Bahamians are not honoring the closed season. Rest assured however, that when the lobsters start to become scarce around January or February the Bahamian fishermen will have no problem blaming me (cruisers) for catching them all. What a bunch of puds.

Anyway, as I sit here baking in the stifling 90 degree, 1,000,000 percent humidity, I can officially say all of the important boat jobs are out of the way. I still have a few minor things to knock out, but they will have to be done in route as we really want to get back underway.

Georgetown is cool, but sometimes it sucks you in and it's tough to get away. I bet we are in the 99.9 percentile for boats that actually make it south of here and yet I still feel like we spend way too much time here. Amy and I have both agreed that when this coming cruising season starts, our volleyball games are going to have to suffer, because we aren't going to stay around here.

Where we go is still open to debate, but I've heard Jamaica and Belize thrown out there a few times. Who knows, in the immortal world of Humphrey Bogart, "that so was so long ago (or far away in my case) that I can't even remember".

Anyhow, tomorrow there isn't going to be much wind so we will probably motor down to Water Cay at the top of the Jumentos and camp there for a day or two to stalk the ever elusive lobster. Based on measurements Milo and I made of the available freezer space, I think we could house 25 or 30 of the little bastards without a problem, but I guess we'll see how it shakes out.

This past week, we've heard from lots of cruising friends we've met along the way. They all seem to sound a little nervous that we are riding out the hurricane season down here. Thanks for all the concern guys, it's nice to know someone is thinking of us back home. Rest assured we are doing everything possible to ensure that we are ready for the worst.

For those of you who just reading along at home, we have some friends that we exchanged emails several times a couple of years ago and then we finally met the last time we were back in the states. We fondly refer to them as the internet stalkers and now that they have quit their jobs and are getting ready to join us out here, they have started a web log of their own. Doug and Cheryl on board the sailboat Prudence can be found here: Prudence

Speaking of web logs, my 2's partner (volley ball) Jack, is spending the summer in Alaska doing some commercial salmon fishing. He is keeping a web log of his travels as well and it can be found at: Jack's Fishing Log

And speaking of volley ball, we managed to squeeze in 4 days of games over the last week. Bob, who owns a house down here had his daughter visit with two guys who played with Bob and challenged me, Amy, and Speedo Ed.

We managed to go undefeated for the duration, but Team Kavali (Bob) definitely improved the longer we played. If we'd gone a couple more days, we might have been in trouble, but fortunately for us, the young people had to return to the states to start school. It's hard to believe that we've all gotten so out of practice in the last two months we haven't been playing.

When we get back from the lobster hunt, there is going to be mandatory volleyball practice!

And finally, we've played 4 more games of poker and Amy has won one and so have I. We also each finished second and third during the same time. Go team! Keep the money coming in.

Ok, so thats about all there is to tell. Tomorrow we'll start having regular log entries again. Stay tuned, more to follow