Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Crabs!

Don't get me started on crabbers who set their pots inside the navigation channel! Think Banner's saying about "Please don't make me angry..."
Yesterday, we made a short trip around Vaca Key just to get the 7 Mile Bridge out of the way. We watched a great sunset from off Crane Point and had an uneventful night. Uneventful is a good thing at anchor.
Today we motored 29.4 nm, against a 15 knot wind right on the nose. We pulled into the anchorage at Islamorada, got the hook set and then Bev says "What's that line trailing out behind the boat?"
Well, after tugging, pulling and trying to cut the crab pot float line free, your captain suited up, grabbed mask, snorkle and fins and went for a little dive. Thank goodness the #$%^&* thing was only twisted around one blade of the prop. It came free easily once I could see it. We're not really sure when or where we caught it, but the area north of Channel Five was a mine field of pots. Lobster season is over so they must be crab
Damned if I'll ever eat crab. 

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