This is a typical scene underwater on a clear day (water and sky). This shot was taken last week off Sandy Island which is part of the Grenada Grenadines.
Rock Beauty...and isn't she/he?
It's rare to see a puffer fish just waiting to have his picture taken. If you scare them, they'll puff right up and look like a porcupine! We love them because they look like they are smiling all the time!
Puffer fish are often timid and hide under ledges. Notice off to the right a black sea urchin (nasty stinging creatures) along with a sweet juvenile french angel fish.
Paula from the boat, Magique (from NB) swims like a fish. I have tried looking this species up in our fish books but with no luck. She also has an underwater camera and is busy looking for the 'best' shot of the day!
Here is a confirmed siting of a lobster that we left alone.
Kristin, from the boat, Silk Pajamas wears a full suit just in case little jellyfish are nearby. We often get a little sting on the arm, or my least favourite on the lip. On our 2 hour trip from Chatam Bay to Sandy Island last week, we spotted the balloons of 3 Portuguese Man of War floating in the breeze and current. They can have tentacles 40 to 60 feet in length and I have heard that their sting will bring you to your knees...for days!
This eel is kicking up a lot of debris which attract little fish for good stuff to nibble on.
Beside this shell, you can see a brislte worm.
Maurice and Sue from the boat Strider gave us a nice big fat callabash last fall before they headed away from us to sail the western Caribbean. Laurie immediately cut the top off, I cleaned it out and then he cut a star shaped hole at the bottom of it. After that like all great projects, it sat and sat and sat in the engine room. Laurie claimed that it was very difficult to cut the thing and the fun was gone. Finally, we decided that maybe the drill would be an easier tool, and voila here it is! Inside is an led light powered by 3 batteries.
Today finds us still in Carriacou having our back life lines recreated. The guys up in Martinique could not manufacture the parts and pieces we need and told us to go see the guy here. He works full time out of a building built on a trimaran and has an excellent reputation. Presently, our life lines extend all the way across the back of the boat in 2 continuous wires. We want to be able to leave the main section up at all times and have a smaller gate opening on both sides to come and go while at anchor. As it sits now, the wires are disconnected and dangling all over the place looking very messy indeed! Hopefully, he'll have this work done for us today or tomorrow and we'll be able to sail southward to Grenada. They're calling for some nasty squally weather for the next 4 days, so we'll see just how long we must sit it out!
