On Wednesday I got the third rail masked and puttered around trying to reorganize all the crap in the main cabin. I started stitching up the last loose section of the wheel but ran out of daylight. Stocked with plenty of leftovers from the Red Cow BBQ I ended up not even leaving the boat. The Australian couple across from us was redoing their wood rail as well, but tag teaming it, with her in the dinghy doing the outside, and him on the boat doing the inside, with no masking that I could see. They went up and down both sides of their 40 foot boat in a little over two hours. I was impressed.
When I was up top something silver in the water caught my eye. As I got closer it was about a 10" fish with a dark band down its side. As it floated closer to the top I could see the dark band was actually the jaw of some sort of gar, about three feet long. I don't see how the gar could eat the fish, but he sure as hell wasn't going to let him go. Every few minutes the fish would struggle desperately to get loose. I lost sight of them as they floated off. It was hard to get a picture of under the water but here you go.
On Thursday I was out of time. I was picking up Heather at the airport that night, If I was going to get something done it had to be today. The Aussie couple was at it again, but it the cooler morning hours this time. Damn they're fast, and it looks great, at least from 60 feet. I moved things around the cabin some more, some of which I was pleased with, most of which I was not.
After checking the weather I bumped out our mooring stay two more days, slipped out dock reservation to the two days after that, with a plan to leave for Miami Tuesday, hopefully crossing early Thursday morning to the Bahamas, if this weather forecast holds. I picked Heather up at the airport that night, and we putted back to the boat in the dinghy in the dark. The picture below shows what it looks like at night when the water glasses out. It's been fun here but we're both excited to be moving on soon.
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