Troop from Maryland
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- Baiting the hook for yoyo fishing in the anchorage.
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- Batting moon jellies away from the diver on the ladder.
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- Billy checks out his moon jelly stings.
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- Billy and his tuna! Finally we break the “no fish” streak this week!
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- Justin has a little bloody nose from pushing to hard to equalize. Megan counsels him on how to avoid this.
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- Brian took a hard few hits from the jellies, too. Many did! Vinegar and bactine to the rescue!
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- Anchor watch briefing.
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- Cameron returns from a dive.
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- The galley is a little tight for some guys. Cameron is one of those…..
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- Cameron is also a team leader aboard, and here he helps with role call after a dive.
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- Changing tanks.
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- More changing tanks.
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- Mr Smiley!
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- Dave rescued someones fin!
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- Perfect giant stride from Diver Dave!
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- Denny and Dave yuck it up!
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- Denny prepares the anchor for deployment.
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- Diver Dave!
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- See the fish in the water splashing about! We haven’t caught a keeper yet! But have faith, we’ve not been skunked yet!
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- Fishing as we motor along.
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- Gearing up for diving.
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- Getting ready to dive Sombrero Reef.
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- More gearing.
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- Great giant stride!
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- Grace is helped along by a cheat sheet with the “Keys Blessing”.
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- Fortunately, there is a rail that Hermes cannot jump over. He does not like it when divers go into the water. In his little mind, why would we jump off a perfectly good boat!
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- Pin fish in the bait bucket. Hopefully we’ll catch a shark tonight with “Lucky.”
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- The jellies are somewhat difficult to see, but this is what it has been looking like every dive. They are the size of a dinner plate.
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- And they sting! The under side of the bell has fine tendril tentacles that pack a whollop if you contact those.
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- Here they are drifting by the ladder.
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- Here’s Dave swimming under the jellies.
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- Cameron got stung on the leg. And a few other places.
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- This guy got stung on saturday back at Sea Base doing the swim review.
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- Justin caught a bait fish.
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- More on our impromptu methods of helping the divers up the ladder avoid the jellies.
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- Those darn things are hard to avoid if even a little current is running. Simply because of the time it takes to get your fins off and hoist yourself up the rungs.
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- Here we are looking for a “window” in the nonstop stream of jellies just to jump in without landing on one!
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- More jelly control measures!
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- They are not so thick in this picture as they sometimes are!
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- Another nice sunset.
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- Parker returns.
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- Capturing the capturing of the sunset!
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- Piloting.
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- He can barely see over the compass!
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- More at the helm!
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- More steering.
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- Cheesers!
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- Reeling in the big one!
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- Justing removes the hook from his pin fish.
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- Hook removal.
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- Mr Smiley
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- Mr Smiley
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- See the bubbles in the foreground….Those are our divers trying to avoid jellies! :)
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- Tuna on the line.
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- First day, lots on the tagline.
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- Here is a handline we use for fishing. We call them “yoyo’s”.
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- More yoyo fishing.
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- Some call the yoyo’s Cuban reels.
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- This is about the size of what we catch with the yoyos.
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- Yoyos with yoyos!
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- Everyone love to fish with them!
More adventures from the Schooner Conch Pearl, the liveaboard boat for Florida Sea Base. Sailing and diving in the Key West area.
Comments
4 Comments on Troop from Maryland
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Sue on
Tue, 16th Aug 2011 9:20 am
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Ted Scott on
Tue, 16th Aug 2011 12:38 pm
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Mike Griffin on
Wed, 17th Aug 2011 2:10 pm
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Andrea, Charles, Ciera, Pop & Othello on
Wed, 17th Aug 2011 11:04 pm
Great pics!! Good to see Ryan’s smiling face!! Loved seeing him holding a dish towel…LOL…
Great photos of all of us for the folks back home to see what it is like out here – as it happens! You, Capt Denny, Diver Dave, and Megan are making this a memorable week for us. Thanks!
Thanx for posting all the pix of the Md troop’s visit this week. I especially enjoy the detailed commentary that is posted
Thanks for sharing photos and comments. It is great to see the boys having a good time…. too bad about all the jelly stings. Can’t wait to see more…..