Day 6:
Greg did catch a fish last night. Just as he was turning off the lights we heard the reel start. He jumped up the stairs and once topside grabbed the rod with joy. Maybe ten minutes of fight
- reel and slack- and he landed a nice sized silver looking fish (species as yet not determined) maybe 3 pounds. He brought it inside and was about to kill it when Yves convinced him to offer the fish a drink of rum; not only is this polite, it kills the fish almost instantly. Greg starting cutting really nice looking fillets and was going to use the rest as bait. I fell asleep.
I awoke to the sun filling my cabin and the temp starting to rise. I tried to quietly go topside while the others slept. My 200+ lbs is not very quiet on the beautiful wood interior cabin, so it was not long until the the others awoke. But I saw a nice sized turtle popping his head up to say hello to me as he swam past - magnificent! I called my new friend "Crush" out of respect for Nemo.
Another great breakfast by Greg, hard boiled eggs, bagels and cereal with OJ and coffee - life is good. More great conversation and dishes.
A large yacht interrupted the moment as it was the owner of the mooring ball, so we we moved and anchored (more learnings on how to drop anchor). We finish cleaning up. Greg took the dinghy to the little park besides us, Yves is sanding now and I will go help.
Michelle just came over in the dinghy and offered to take us for a tour. Greg and I are game and we go with the girls. We see a small turtle and some beautiful houses. All the white roofs make the area around Hamilton seem crowded, but it likely is less than what it appears. The private islands are very nice and there are little patches of white sand beaches (the beaches are public but you can not go beyond them).
Returning to the boat, we pull anchor and head for Hamilton. We glide throw the water to an area across from the Bermuda Yacht Club and in with the other sail boats. We take the dinghy, filled with 3 small propane tanks with us.
Our goal is to get some free wifi from the library and then get the propane filled. At the library it is impossible to find a wifi link for myself and Yves. The girls do get on and Greg uses the library computer. As I want to send the blogs so Pam can keep up to speed on my adventure, I purchase a connection. It is very slow but gets the job done.
We walk for quite a bit in search of the propane refill station but finally do find it.
A Southampton Fairmont employee named Wallace offers to give us a ride about halfway back to the docks. He is a well travelled person and super friendly. This is one of the friendliest islands I have been too.
Yves and I hike the propane back to the dinghy and Greg shops for groceries to get us through the next few days.
Back to the boat. Anchors up and we go dock and get gas and water. We then cruise back to close where we were the night before. I go for a quick swim in 27 degree water (sweet!!!) and Greg and Yves start ribbing each other over who will catch the bigger fish. They are using the fish from the night before and Yves is contemplating using Teriyaki sauce as well to catch more fish (so far there have been no bites).
Greg is cooking and I have done the accounting of the day's reciepts and now begin work on the blog.
Dinner is once again fabulous as we eat the fillets of Greg's fish and also Cod fillets with veggies, sauce and rice.
Greg drops a line after dinner and we enjoy a couple of drinks. No fish bite tonight.