[Kevin's Post]We left the marina yesterday and motored 6 miles east to St. David's where we are supposed to be hauling the boat out on Monday. As we pulled away from the dock, I noticed the boat was not handling very well. It was difficult to turn and sluggish. We could only manage about 3.5 knots for the 6 mile trip which is about half our normal speed. The photo to the left explains it all. Our propellers were practically a solid mass of barnacles. The amazing thing is that our propellers were completely clean 19 days ago when we scrubbed the bottom at Calivigny Island. We've never had more than a couple dozen barnacles on our props, and have in the past gone months without having to clean them. Today as I was standing on the transom putting on my mask and fins I saw the outline of a big fish hanging out under the boat. I stuck my head in the water to see that it was a 4 foot barracuda. I decided to just jump in anyway figuring it would take off. Apparently I only scare away fish when I am trying to catch them cause he didn't go anywhere. I scraped the props for a half hour and he just stayed there watching me.
Where we are:
Location=St. David's, Grenada
Lat=12 01.194
Lon=61 40.774
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