Ragged Island 2

Leslie arranged a pizza dinner at the bonefishing hunting lodge. Supplies were purchased in Nassau and came by the usual island hopper cargo boat. Cruisers from many boats arrived and we had a good pizza and beer party. Afterwards, we repaired to the bar nearby and chatted and played pool.

When the winds weren't too strong, we kept up our wing foiling efforts, now with the wing and no towboat. We did walks of 3-5 miles on the beaches as well and collected ceramic tiles from SpaceX's exploded Starship.

Yesterday we went spearfishing in choppy, murky water. When I say murky, it's a pretty blue murky 😆. But it limits visibility, especially for seeing sharks. I was able to spear a triggerfish and a yellow jack, so good hunting! But I dropped my weight belt while getting the jack off my spear, and then managed to forget to dive for it as we planned our next stop and got a lobster situated in a catch bucket. So after diving another spot for a while with no weights, we came back and searched, finding it by recognizing underwater structures.

We made a longer dinghy trip down to CoCo Bay, where the coral structures are good and you can get Hog Fish in the cut to the Atlantic Ocean! Dale and Chuck were hunting hog fish, so they picked a good spot and Pierre and I went to another spot looking for lobster. I found a great shelf and managed to get 4 lobsters. The hog fish crew got one or two, so we managed a success.

The next day we went outside to the Atlantic side, and in one deeper area I got one lobster, then we moved into shallower water and I got two more and saw good-sized, out-of-season groupers under ledges. I did miss the triggerfish, tho.

We did another group run into Duncan Town, and made a run for a few groceries at Maxine’s as the supply boat had arrived. Then we repaired to the Lost Key Lodge for a hot dog & chips lunch. Afterwards, we visited Myron Lockhart’s home and got to see his show pigeons. He has about 4 or 5 different coops with Egyptian Racers, Priests, Monks, Fan Tails, and other breeds. He’s been selectively breeding them for different traits for 3-4 years, Some of the breeds are quite valuable. Myron is also the local mechanic, keeping the local’s fishing boats running. As we left, he gave us each a gift of a Ragged Island license plate, left over after Hurricane Irma destroyed the town administration building.

I ended up purchasing the wing foiler kit from Jason, and was able to get a day in tow-foiling with Leslie’s grandson Tyler. I need to get more practice with the foil - I can’t yet go alone without a chase boat!

More spearfishing and lobstering, off Wilson Point, and I got a hog fish, two lionfish and lobster.

Since Dan & Nicole were planning on moving along after two months, we had a potluck dinner on the beach. We brought Alexis’ cornbread, others had pasta salads, beans, hotdogs, cole slaw, brownies. Dan made yellow jack sashimi with aged bourbon soy sauce and wasabi, as well as cooked sting ray.

The next day we got the most weather we have had in Ragged Island, a full clocking, with 30-35 knot gusts and some choppy water. I used the day to fix a severed lighting wire in the aft head and installed a solar charger for the aft deck camera.

On our last day, I went to the ocean side and dove for dinner - one lobster, one triggerfish, and a trident conch (quite rare).Läs mer