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| Eye-balling between the reefs to the best anchorage at the front. |
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| "Be as you are" in our wake at arrival at Barlevento. |
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| Day anchorage at the East Island for diving. Photo taken by Nataliya from their mast. |
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| " Songerie" and "Be as you are" |
Together with Russel and Natalyia on "Be as you are" we weighed anchor early morning in 20knts of wind on our back and sailed 35Nm to Aves Islands, Barlovento. Upon arrival we eye-balled our way through the reefs to the fourth-bay at the front reef. The wind dropped down the next days which make it together with the Northern swell, great condition to dive at the outside reef. Jaco joined Russel and Natalyia for a dive there before we had a loverly sunset BBQ and fish-smoke till late night under full moon. The following day we went to the East Island for another day of diving. Here our paths split with them sailing on to Bonaire and we waiting for Phill and Yvonne to join us.
We stayed another week with Chaser 2 at various anchorages at Barlevento, filling the fridge with fresh fish and spending most of the time under water. (Jaco spearfishing and Christelle taking photos.)
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| Trunk fish. |
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| Jaco in his new diving gear. |
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| I love the different texture of the different corals. |
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| Barred hamlet fish |
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| Foureye butterflyfish |
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| Banded butterflyfish in the front. |
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| If you look closely you will see the flounder with the rosette spots. |
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| Yellow-fin grouper |
Jaco supplied an abundance of seafood to the galley, from delicious groupers, snappers (cubera and mutton) to lobsters.
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| Cubera snapper |
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| another 6kg yellow-fin grouper. |
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| Jaco shot only a picture of this gigantic Goliath grouper, about 2 meter long. |
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| His new gear, wet-suit, Omer free diving fins and mask and the catch of the day . |
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| BBQ with Phill and Yvonne |
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| We collected alikrik and chitons on days that Jaco did not fish. |
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| Weskus-diamond-diver at home in the galley and expert alikrik-chef. |
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| Chitons are an acquired taste, Jaco love them, Christelle "duld" them. |
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| Chser 2 added their name plaque above ours. |
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| lovely small name plaque from another boat. |
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| Picture taken by Natalyia of the 2 boats at anchor. |
