Food, fixes and notes from the casual coastal sailor.

[Fah Kiew Tu]

Much like our own shops?.... :lol:

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Well, don't touch my tools anyway, my daughters can look after themselves. They could shoot rifles and pistols before they were 10 years old.

My youngest's now husband explained to me, when first we met (I'd been at sea for months), that he'd already been told by her, her brother, her grandfather and her elder sister how the entire family owned guns, rural property, ocean-going boats and earthmoving equipment. He'd got the message.

Seems to be working out fine. She definitely runs things, which is precisely what I'd expect given her parentage & upbringing.

FKT

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Longer than your arm

Do you harm...

Old Bahamian saying about eating barracuda.

Don’t spread falsehood. Cig is very area dependent. Talk to locals, or just don’t harvest large fish if you can’t get local info

Me, I listen to the guy on the left:

 

[accnick]

That's not a bug! This is a bug: View attachment 459213

Moreton Bay bug?

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

Moreton Bay bug?

We used to call them Balmain Bay bugs IIRC.

Not that I'd knowingly eat any marine life that came out of Balmain Bay, mind you.

FKT

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Am I looking at several Lion fish on the far left?......

Yes; they are delicious done as a lime/soy/sesame ceviche. I find that the meat falls apart when cooked, and they are IMO too good to fry

 

[Max Rockatansky]

As to 3., the Bahamian guy pictured above taught Madame about how to prep triggerfish. Basically, Don’t filet.

I’ll try to describe. Cut off the dorsal and ventral fins, and continue the cut through the skin only, dorsally and ventrally. Then at the tail, begin to skin by rolling it onto the knife, just peeling the skin off the fish. Use the skin for sandpaper and fry up the fish. It was his opinion that filetting wasted a lot of good meat

 

[Rasputin22]

As to 3., the Bahamian guy pictured above taught Madame about how to prep triggerfish. Basically, Don’t filet.

I’ll try to describe. Cut off the dorsal and ventral fins, and continue the cut through the skin only, dorsally and ventrally. Then at the tail, begin to skin by rolling it onto the knife, just peeling the skin off the fish. Use the skin for sandpaper and fry up the fish. It was his opinion that filetting wasted a lot of good meat

The locals in St John called Queen Triggerfish 'Ol Wife' for some reason I never figured out. Used the dried skins for sandpaper too. The guy I knew used Vice Grips to peel the skin off like you mention instead of rolling up on a knife. I was very reluctant to shoot them spearfishing until I had my first taste! We had some sort of infection among our sea urchin population which is the primary food source for Ol' Wife and they triggers became marauders and would actually come snip away at your fingers or worse. They were starving and getting very aggressive so I did my best to thin out the herd. Come to think of it there was a population explosion of the urchins for a couple of years, I mean everywhere! That led to very well fed and numerous Queen Triggers chowing down. When whatever natural cycle led to the demise of the urchins then the Queen's started starving and got really mean! Nude swimming became a hazard!

https://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2011/MostDangerousFish201107.html

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Can’t shoot queens in Floriduh, only grey and ocean triggers. That said I don’t think Madame has come across a queen here anyway

 

[Rasputin22]

Good that the Queens are protected in FL. They have the most amazing colors and that is what made me feel bad about shooting them, until...

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Hogfish are pretty but they look even better on a plate

 

[Sailing My Cubicle]

Only scheduled event: barn dinner at turner farm (north haven island) for a book signing by my sister in law and two other girls. The Maine House. 
 

We gave that book to my mother and she's raving about it.

 

[Kris Cringle]

Don’t need a drone. Nearby boat will fly and deposit via Airdrop

 

[Kris Cringle]

Anchored in the middle of Southern Harbor, about 1/3 mile from the nearest land. 



No humans to see or hear, just porpoises, seals and seabirds of all kinds that meandered around the nearly mile wide soup bowl. 

I heard guillemots paddling by my berth in the morning. 



A light 4-5 kt. southerly arrived mid morning. So as not to break the spell, we pulled the anchor, raised sails, and tip toed out, under sail. 



She leaned gently onto a port tack of 2.5 miles that lasted for nearly an hour.

Flat water, little wake. It sounded like this: 

https://player.vimeo.com/video/595477496?app_id=122963&h=977d93fce9

 

[Kris Cringle]

Weird Weather. I'm still stunned at photos coming out of metro areas in the Northeast of the flooding from Ida. I have family in NYC and know it quite well. 

What a strange place (not to mention other areas, NJ, Philadelphia, ayiyi!), that was the last few days. 

The worry has been the sealevel rise and storm surge but now this new factor; Record setting rainfall like the 3" in an hour that was recorded in Central Park. All asphalt and cement, 3" in an hour overwhelms anything at that surface, not to mention below ground (subways, basements, infrastructure! 

The future on the East coast is higher ground, especially for the poor. 

Did anyone here suffer damages from Ida? 

Imagine what they'll find underwater in the future? 



Where to sail on this holiday weekend? 

 

[Kris Cringle]

This will do for tonight, 3 hour broad reach from home. 
 

 

[Kris Cringle]

Cool mornings can make a photographer lazy. I knew I missed a good sunrise when I opened my eyes to the flickering mahogany around me.

Managed a phone click

 

[Kris Cringle]

It's that time of the year. More Maine boats, less from away. School just started and Porchin'* season is in full swing on the islands. 

SWALLOW out of Hancock. Which Chuck Paine design is she? 



*Porchin' season - Island lore with more than a little truth: After labor day when all the people from 'away' have gone home, locals grab sixpacks of Bud Light or PBR, chips and Slim Jims and park in the Adirondack chairs on the water view porches of the vacant second homes. 

Porchin' season can last until the snow flies. 

 

[cyclone]

Porchin' season can last until the snow flies.

Or at least until the chairs get put away.

 

[Kris Cringle]

Local kids on their boats own the water again.

There are two Brooklyn's on the east coast, the lesser known is Brooklin Maine. In this Brooklin, some kids grow up building or working on old boats so have to 'tools' to own them. Every locale has it's perks. 

SCOTTER 



A young lady on GLENCANNON. Is this an old Pearson? I think she was sorting out her furler. 



And of course the infamous NAMO sails by towing a fishing boat. Story is, crew from NAMO delivered a speedy Covid test kit (entrance for something) from the mainland to the kid in skiff. Island kid just tagged along, undersail, through Northhaven village. Probably shared a beer. 



We spent the night on a JOB mooring (JO Brown) and tried twice to pay. No one was in the office during the labor day weekend. 

 

[mgs]

A young lady on GLENCANNON. Is this an old Pearson? I think she was sorting out her furler. 

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There was a Glencannon out in Harpswell with a furler that had numerous issues. it was a Pearson of some sort