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I Have a New Website

It has been a long time since I have visited this blog and it was fun to read about our first couple of years cruising. I found that it was easier to post on FaceBook and more difficult to post on both places. However, I have just started a new website about diving and snorkeling and the critters you can see.

Spiraserpula--What's That!!???

The boat’s unique name is the result of Bill’s desire to follow the time honored tradition of naming a boat after a wife, girlfriend, or daughter, with a “logical” twist (as in If A=B and B=C, Then A=C). The logic follows that If a worm is named after Gayle AND the boat is named after the worm, THEN the boat is named after Gayle. Indeed Gayle has a marine worm named after her, Spiraserpula plaiae in recognition of her discovery of the species-specific structures found in the worm’s tube. The logo shows the structures in the tube for Gayle’s worm. The tongue-twister name is often perceived as Sassparilla which we have learned to respond to. So far we have not met a boat named Sassparilla.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Looks Like No Underwater Pictures This Year

Wind is still up here but the barrier reef gave enough shelter from the waves for us to go out there today.  The Andros Barrier Reef is the 3rd largest in the world and extends the whole length of Andros Island.  I was so excited and prepared my camera yesterday but when I got into the water a large stream of bubbles came from the top of the housing.  Somehow the o-ring had mis-seated and I didn't notice it---I said lots of bad words as I brought the camera up to the dingy.  I rinsed it out when I got back to the boat but I have little hope.

I did find, though, the fish let you get much closer when you are not sticking a camera in their faces.
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