SABER TOOTH: 2014

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Another Season ...

Another Season

September, 2014; As the cruising community in Ontario starts their trek south for another winter in the Caribbean ... preparation starts for the Annapolis Boat Show and preparation for the upcoming season. Though the boat is stored safely in Florida we will travel down there to get some maintenance issues dealt with before a January splash date.

Here she is on the hard in St Augustine

Second Year with our Cover. Took some time to sew it, but it sure helps extend the life of the bright work on deck.

We used a fabric called "Aquatop" suggested by Judy on Greenstone.

http://www.rochfordsupply.com/shop/Boating_and_Marine/Textiles/Aquatop(R)/index.html

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Friends and relatives part of our Bahamas cruising..

The scrawled cowfish, is closely related to boxfish and trunkfish. They range in size from 8-15 inches, with a maximum length of 18 inches, and can be found at depths between 6 and 80 feet. It has distinctive features such as a scrawled pattern of bluish markings covering its body; a blue line runs from snout to anal fin and it has a sharp spine above each eye. This latter point distinguishes cowfish from trunkfish.

Overall it is coloured blue-green to yellow cast. However, it may darken, pale and change color. Significantly it has two sharp spines in front of anal fin. The scrawled cowfish lives in a wide range of habitats including grass beds. However it is wary. If disturbed it may remain motionless apparently relying on camouflage.

Tropicbird is tropical pelagic seabirds classified in their own order Phaethontiformes. Their relationship to other living birds is unclear, and they appear to have no close relatives. They have predominantly white plumage with elongated tail feathers and small feeble legs and feet.