Cayo Cuervo N 21 04.4 W 78 57.5
We motor sailed east to Cayo Cuervo and were glad to see
Austrian flag “Aleppo” at anchor. All in
all we stayed 10 days here and it turned out to be our favorite spot in the
Jardines de la Reina. It has a big well protected bay where shrimp boats meet
and we got buckets full of fresh shrimp for nothing. |
| Ti-Bag and a incoming shrimp boat |
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| birds at the trawling boat |
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| one of the many shrimp meals on board Songerie. |
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| lovely beach at cuervo |
There is also a small
beach where we had sundowner cocktails, BBQs, smoked fish and great gatherings
with other boats passing by. We had great fun with Kurt and Karen from S/V Aleppo
whom helped us in Cienfuegos with gearbox oil. (Kurt mixes the best Caipirinha
outside Brazil!) We met Leo and Christina of S/V Lahna whom we last saw in
Venezuela. It was a great reunion when we met up with Jean-Pierre (Jaco’s crazy
spear fisher man buddy) and Brigit (great Grouper spotter and killer cocktail
mixer) from S/V Ti-Bag.
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| us with Karen having one of our memorable beach BBQ's |
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| Karen and Kurt the mean Caiperinha mixer |
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| Grouper and snapper on the grill |
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| Cuba Libre and cigars with Kurt |
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| Kurt from S/V Aleppo |
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| Brigit mixing a killer Mojito on the beach |
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| sundowners with JP and Birgit |
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| another BBQ |
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| and another sundowner with Ti-Bag and Lahna |
On the West side of Cayo Cuervo is a reef that drops
from 10 to 20 meters where Jaco and JP found a lot of and very big fish.  |
| The mean spear fisherman, Jaco in action |
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| a 9kg Cubera snapper |
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| JP weighing the snapper |
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| Jaco and the 9kg Cubera snapper |
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| this snapper we gave to a French boat with 4 hungry sailors |
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| hog fish |
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| Christelle and her first edable fish, a hog fish |
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| 6kg Mutton snapper |
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| Jaco and the delicious snapper |
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| another Cubera that did not get away |
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| Birgit the Grouper spotter and Jaco on a very calm sea |
