The "First Leg" and How We Fared

The first leg of our trip is over and it is time to see how we fared. We were of course accompanied by the Looper's and Kinscherf's who passed their cruising test with flying colors. We traveled just under 500 nautical miles which equates to nearly 600 statue miles in 9 days. We fished 6 days, traveled from island to island 3 days (we fished one travel day), spent one day touring Andros, and made three ports of call. We burned approximately 700 gallons of diesel. We consumed 18 cases of beer, numerous bottles of wine, vodka and rum, several gallons of Looper's Love Potion, 3 cases of water (not sure who drank all the water), ate 12 pounds of deli meat for lunch, cooked our catch 3 nights, had our catch cooked one night, we listened to Stevie S's band (minus Stevie) at Big John's, had a drink at the End of the World bar, had Hanky Pankies at Hank's Place twice, chased JB's boats around at Middle Bight on Andros, caught lots of YT Snapper, a few Dolphin up to 30+ pounds and a whopper YF Tuna, over 40 pounds and just about every Barracuda in Bimini. The fish consumed 5 dozen Ballyhoo, 5 pounds of squid, 50 pounds of frozen chum and a couple gallons of Feeding Frenzy "Special Chum", several assorted lures and most of the skirts on a couple Billy baits. We learned a lot about each other (more than we needed to know in some cases) and were all sad when it was over :(

CJM and I are now in the cruising mode for the next week or so. We do hope to work in a little fishing if the wind will ever lay. If not we have "My Little Dinghy" in in the water and will do some exploring. Not to worry about fresh fish, however....we have nearly 30 pounds of fresh fish on the Feeding Frenzy III!!!

Jeannie says the challenge is on for her cuz GP and the rest of the 2nd Leg cruisers. Stay tuned and we will let you know who is leading afterwards. Here's a slideshow of the 1st leg.....enjoy!



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