Arion's West Indian Adventure - Biggest Barracuda off Moskito Island

Biggest Barracuda off Moskito Island

Arion's West Indian Adventure

Hermione & Douglas Pattison

Sun 17 Apr 2016 17:46

Moskito Island (I have spelt it correctly) is a lovely anchorage. Tucked in behind the reef, the water is flat, and the colours of the water are absolutely breathtaking. Depth is about 5m on a sandy bottom.

This morning we were enjoying a post breakfast swim. Douglas suddenly started waving at me, and looked slightly concerned. I just knew there was something in the water….. argh! those of you who know me well, know that I am not the best person when it comes to sea creatures lurking around. I looked and saw him……… The largest Barracuda either of us have ever seen, very close indeed (close enough to see his teeth by the way..!) D quickly got the children out of the water and I personally have never moved so fast in my life as I was quite a way from the boat, with Barak Obama (that is what we have named him) in the way. This thing was well over a meter long, enormous. Once out of the water we felt brave enough to dip our heads in to have a closer look. I am sure he would have been very friendly but neither of us were willing to try. Sorry there are no pictures. We were all too fascinated watching him from the boat to remember to snap!!

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Aug 2016

Fri 12 Aug 17:40
Wed 3 Aug 01:31
- Enjoying the view !!
- Sailing past World Trade Centre
Tue 2 Aug 12:10
- Chester Point Marina - Connecticut River
Mon 1 Aug 21:30
- Duck Island - Long Island Sound - Connecticut

Jul 2016

Sun 31 Jul 12:40
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Sat 30 Jul 15:50
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Fri 29 Jul 14:10
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Tue 19 Jul 11:00
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Jun 2016

Thu 30 Jun 09:30
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Sun 26 Jun 15:30
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Mon 20 Jun 17:00
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Sun 19 Jun 21:00
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Fri 17 Jun 16:30
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Mon 13 Jun 14:24
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Sat 11 Jun 13:30
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May 2016

Tue 31 May 16:19
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Sat 28 May 23:35
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- Goodbye Jamaica!!
Mon 23 May 12:37
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Sun 22 May 17:29
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Tue 17 May 14:40
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Mon 16 May 19:35
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Sun 15 May 13:17
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Sat 14 May 00:11
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Sat 7 May 01:06
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Fri 6 May 19:56
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Mon 2 May 20:30
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Sun 1 May 13:45
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Apr 2016

Sat 30 Apr 18:00
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Fri 29 Apr 21:27
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Wed 27 Apr 02:30
- Casa De Campo - Dominican Republic
Mon 25 Apr 17:41
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Sat 23 Apr 20:30
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Wed 20 Apr 16:15
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Tue 19 Apr 21:10
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- Saying goodbye to the BV's
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Mon 18 Apr 11:30
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Sun 17 Apr 17:46
- Biggest Barracuda off Moskito Island
- Nanny Cay - Tortolla BVI
Sat 16 Apr 16:25
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- Soper's Hole
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Fri 15 Apr 14:15
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Fri 8 Apr 10:45
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Thu 31 Mar 12:25
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Feb 2016

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Wed 13 Jan 16:15
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- Ile De Round - Kick Em Jenny
Tue 12 Jan 13:30
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Mon 11 Jan 16:00
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- Port Egmont Hurricane Hole - Grenada
Sun 10 Jan 18:00
- Hog Island - Grenada
Fri 8 Jan 15:02
- Petit St Vincent to Grenada
Thu 7 Jan 11:10
- Prickly Bay - Grenada
Tue 5 Jan 12:50
- Martins Bay - Grenada
Mon 4 Jan 15:00
- Saint George - Grenada
Sun 3 Jan 15:00
- Tyrrel Bay Carriacou
Sat 2 Jan 11:30
- Petit St Vincent
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Thu 31 Dec 15:00
- Union Island
Wed 30 Dec 12:30
- Tabago Quays
Tue 29 Dec 11:45
- Friendship Bay Bequia
Thu 24 Dec 15:35
- 13:0.12N 61:14.52W - Bequia
- Soufriere & Petit piton
Tue 22 Dec 17:39
- Swinging from the palm trees - Marigot Bay
- Marigot Bay - St Lucia
Mon 21 Dec 14:10
- Opening Coconuts
Sun 20 Dec 00:58
- Cas en Bas - Horse Riding
Sat 19 Dec 20:24
- ARC Prize Giving
Fri 18 Dec 20:26
- Arion's home for last 2 weeks in Rodney Bay
- Lucian Life
Wed 16 Dec 15:27
- Play time with the family
- Drinking the coconut water
Fri 11 Dec 23:50
- Welcoming Party
- ARC Finish 16 days, 4 hours - 1st in Class
Wed 9 Dec 15:12
- 14:17.92N 60:26.07W
Tue 8 Dec 23:37
- The Purple Palace
- Alice, Arthur and Eleanor getting into the Tropical Spirit!
- Alice, Arthur and Eleanor getting into the Tropical Spirit!
- Saying goodbye and WAGs arrival in St Lucia
- ARC Day 16
Mon 7 Dec 15:19
- ARC Day 15
Sun 6 Dec 13:37
- ARC Day 14
Sat 5 Dec 15:28
- ARC Day 13
Fri 4 Dec 12:46
- ARC Day 12
Thu 3 Dec 12:53
- ARC Day 11
Wed 2 Dec 14:35
- ARC Day 10
Tue 1 Dec 16:00
- ARC Day 9

Nov 2015

Mon 30 Nov 14:44
- ARC Day 8
Sun 29 Nov 13:56
- ARC Day 7
Sat 28 Nov 12:19
- ARC Day 6
- ARC 1/3 of the way.
Fri 27 Nov 16:07
- ARC Day 5
Thu 26 Nov 16:42
- ARC Day 4
Wed 25 Nov 12:35
- ARC Day 3
Tue 24 Nov 12:35
- ARC Day 2
Mon 23 Nov 12:21
- ARC Day 1
Sun 22 Nov 14:55
Sat 21 Nov 11:30
- Fruit & Veg Team.
Sun 15 Nov 17:34
- Las Palmas - Grand Caneria
Tue 10 Nov 01:00
- 28:07.55N 15:25.58W
Sat 7 Nov 19:02
Wed 4 Nov 12:41
- 35:33.43N 12: 40. 081W
Tue 3 Nov 11:31
- 37: 00.26 N 011:07.09W
Mon 2 Nov 18:18
- 38:32.60N 09E:24.54W
Sun 1 Nov 19:21
- Re-Launch Alges Lisbon
- Final Preparations in Lisbon.

Oct 2015

Tue 27 Oct 16:48

Sep 2015

Sun 27 Sep 06:33
Thu 10 Sep 11:41
- 43:33.6N 7:1.51W
Tue 8 Sep 07:02
- 46:8.40N 1:9.59W
Thu 3 Sep 07:33
- 47:42.36N 3:21.15W

Aug 2015

Mon 31 Aug 13:00
- 48:16.44N 4:35.41W
Sun 30 Aug 08:03
- 48:35.588N 4:33.418W
Sat 29 Aug 08:14
- 49:16.21N 3:26.35W
Fri 28 Aug 22:24
- 49:50.41N 2:0.45W
- 49:56.59N 1:34.23W
Sun 2 Aug 19:07
- BBQ's & Hot Sand
Sat 1 Aug 17:39
- Weekend at East Head

Jul 2015

Tue 14 Jul 12:34
- Osbourne House
Mon 13 Jul 05:05
- 50:38.906N 01:56.165W
- 50:34.194N 02:2.387W
Sat 11 Jul 15:26
Fri 10 Jul 22:40
- 50:42.502N 1:30.341W
- Shake down sail
Thu 9 Jul 11:30
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Jun 2015

Fri 12 Jun 11:55
- Arion upgrades
Fri 5 Jun 13:30
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Biggest Barracuda off Moskito Island

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