Shark bay
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Chris & Lyn Darch
Wed 2 Jul 2008 02:58
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Shark bay
Hi Folks,
We have moved from TaioHae Bay Nuku Hiva to Hakatea
Bay and calm at last , its a beautiful inlet with a double bay inside it , with
a 4 to 7 ft swell running on the outside we cruised into the tranquil calm and
dropped our anchor , Ike Becky and Dan on Rhythm were first in , with us close
behind them , a very large super yacht called "Mystere" was anchored at the head
of the bay so we weaved our way round the back of her and anchored in 9 m of
water , Ruth was on the nav , Rob was on the Anchor I was on the helm and Lyn
was on my case !
After anchoring we sat down to lunch , then I
proceeded to make some ice cream, its my first so results will be unknown until
tomorrow ..
In the afternoon Lyn and Rob started fishing again
, guess what after trolling between the Islands for the past few weeks and
catching nothing she caught a shark , a black tip to boot , a great debate
ensued as to weather it was edible , Rob had a large lump of metal ready to
dispatch it , with Lyn egging him on , Ruth and myself the Eco friendly brigade
said that it should be released , after I held it and Lyn removed the hook we
drooped it back in and it swam off non the worse for its ordeal close shave with
Robs anchor windlass handle .
Lyn cooked cookies for afternoon tea and the debate
about the shark carried on , with much banter exchanged from both sides of the
fence " to eat or not to eat "
that was the question , but after asking Ike the
suprimo Hunter gatherer from Rhythm it turns out that they taste of ammonia !
how do the japs eat them then !
The Eco / Fish gang
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