March 18th, 2020
On the move
Talk about a close call - I was handing my boarding card in at the gate for another job in Finland when my mobile buzzed with DON'T GET ON THE PLANE WE HAVE CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. You should have seen the ladies face when I looked down the gangway, handed her the card and said Im afraid Im not getting on. Fortunately only ever travel with hand baggage so that side of things was easy. What was an oddity is that the US has its border in the airport so I had officially left the country and needed to re-enter. It all worked out in the end and I returned to the boat after three hours away!
Finding ourselves free agents and feeling that we had now done the Bahamas we decided to head back to the US. This was partly driven by a feeling that borders could be closing as the wave of Corona roars around the world. In a mad five day/three night trip we arrived in Georgetown South Carolina. Good old Pearl did her usual thing by looking after us with a safe and comfortable ride. As we arrived we noticed a lot of engine vibration so we had a lift out to find that a big lump of rope was wrapped round the prop. I would normally dive on something like this but the water here is like mud so I would have been blind and I didn't fancy the threat of a big Alligator taking a bite.
To celebrate our passage and the fact that all was well with the prop we popped down to a local bar for a red. The lady further along the bar is watching the Governor live on TV closing all bars and restaurants. I like to think that it was a deep seated six sense that drew us out on the last night for what could be a long time.
March 18th, 2020
Funny
I needed to buy a new tip for my pole spear and just couldn't resist this Tshirt.
March 18th, 2020
BUGDONG
The next day it blew a gale and a couple of Dugongs came to join the yachts taking shelter. They were so thrilling to see as we hopped about like kids. I was so excited it didn't dawn on me take a picture until they were well past so apologies for the poor quality of the picture.
March 18th, 2020
Super-Moon
I had another couple of jobs in Europe but they were cancelled thanks to Coronavirus and so I returned to Tracey and an amazing super-moon. You could have read a book by it.
March 18th, 2020
Snow
By contrast I flew to Finland for some work and although there wasn't as much snow as I expected it was cold as could be.
March 18th, 2020
Palm Tree
Every Island should have a palm tree.
March 18th, 2020
Traceys Island
Tracey fell in love with little Island so we popped over for a stroll and named it Traceys Island.
March 18th, 2020
Currugations
From Staniel Cay we sailed north and spent a couple of lovely days in Normans Cay where I got the drone up and captured the corrugations in the sand. Its lovely to drift over them when snorkeling for its like flying over a mountain range in some kind of sci fi film. There's a channel to the right of the picture which I call Barracuda alley for its full of them. One of which was about five foot long and had a body that was as thick as my thigh. I find them quite off-putting, particularly when they get aggressive and shoot right up to a couple of inches from my mask with their jaws wide open.
