Alabaster Bay to Rock Sound Harbour
We raised
the anchor at 0945 to begin making our way to Rock Sound Harbour which was
about 30 miles further south. The wind
forced us to take a close hauled tack for about an hour and a half before we
could tack again to head further south beating our way to Rock Sound. The winds initially were in the mid-teens and
we were sailing along nicely at about 5 ½ knots. We put our poles out to see if we could catch
a few fish along the way. It wasn’t long
before we landed our first mackerel. In
less than an hour, we had three mackerel aboard.
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| First of Three Mackerel for the Day |
We decided to try for a home run and get a fourth. We were cruising along nicely when Dwayne heard the drag on one of the rods but it lasted only a second and stopped. He thought maybe a wave caught the lure and pulled out a little line. The same thing happened a few seconds later. The third time it happened, Dwayne went to the rod to tighten the drag and discovered there was a fish on the line. We reeled it in only to discover it was barely a few inches longer than our lure and was dragged to death. We threw it overboard and put our lines away as this fish had crossed over our other line and we ended up with a tangled mess.
Entering
Rock Sound was a bit challenging as it indeed had numerous large rocks strewn
throughout the sound and harbor. Carla
went to the bow to guide us through the rock field until we eventually reached
our anchorage. We did not go ashore;
however, Frank and Carol did to let Molly, the dog, do her job. Carol had to get out and walk their dinghy in
the last 20 yards or so since the water level was so low and there were so many
rocks along the shore that they had to raise their outboard motor. The so called settlement dinghy dock was 4
feet above the dinghy at low tide and there was no ladder to get onto the
dock. They eventually got ashore but
were not happy with the situation. They
later tried to land at the beach but it too had a rock field guarding it and
Carol once again had to wait ashore with the dog.
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| Dark Water = Rocks (Some Waiting to Hole a Boat at Low Tide) |
We ended the day with our second tuna dinner. This time we ate it near raw with wasabi and soy sauce for seasoning. It was very good. We still have another pound left for a future meal. Tomorrow, we will start chipping away at the mackerel we caught today. Frank did a fine job of fileting the fish. Carla will prepare our dinner tomorrow the same way she did the last time we had mackerel – fried fish with fried potato slices and coleslaw.
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| Time to Filet |
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