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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, April 4, 2013

What HAVE we been doing over the past month??

I have settled into a sorry state of blog-sloth since we got to George Town.  The days go by and by, races were won (we placed third in the Around the Harbor Race),guests came and went, we play volleyball in the afternoon, go to town to look at the internet and get more books from the library.  One new thing here is broadcast TV.  And OH--I have NOT missed that one!  The present plans are to head south as soon as the wind turns.We were going yesterday but ...maybe Saturday.  It is unusual that the fronts are reaching down this far this time of year.  We have had some very unseasonably cold days--some in the 50s.

While our guests were here we took off to Long Island, Conception Island, and Lee Stocking Island.  on the way we caught 2 tuna.   There was beautiful clear water at Conception and Lee Stocking, however it was disturbing to see the coral so unhealthy at Conception (a national park far from any civilization).  You may have heard me talking about Lee Stocking Island.  Ten years ago I was sent to the marine research station there for a week. (tough duty)  This was my first exposure to the Exumas and I left a part of myself there.  In particular, there is a beach that is probably my favorite place in the whole world.  From the beach is a path that will take you to the highest place in the Exumas, Perry's Peak and the view from there is nothing less than spectacular.

It appears that the research station has closed down.  While we were there, a charity group was packing up furniture to remove from the island. The office is empty.  Someone appears to be maintaining the moorings. Snorkeling and diving are still good there.  The coral looked well--even the Elkhorn reef near shore on the Exuma Sound side looked better than anything I saw on Conception.

Hopefully our next stop will be another place I love--Inagua.


 

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