We are still around the corner from Musket Cove waiting for a weather window, so we can head back to NZ. It looks like we will set off at the end of the month. Meanwhile we have explored more beaches and reefs.
While we have been here more and more schools of small fish have gathered around Imagine. This has attracted a seabird that joins us twice a day, diving for it dinner. Another preying on the fish, is a Sharksucker. It’s about 500mm long and it hides under Imagine possibly attaching itself to the hull. It darts out every now and then to score a meal. A sharksucker is known to attach itself temporarily by its modified dorsal fin used as a sucking disc to various hosts such as sharks, rays even sometimes boats.
We have been making several trips into Musket Cove for the soul purpose of quality control. We have to make sure the Kapiti White Chocolate and Rasberry Icecream is of the same consistency and taste every time.
We just sitting in the cockpit writing the blog when a local boat come racing up to us. Shouting out asking for medical help. We quickly went out on deck to see what we could do. There was five in the boat. One face down. They shouted out for a razerblade and needle. We raced inside to get them and the first aid kit. The man had been walking through the water near the sand spit and stepped on a sea urchin. We passed the things across the the boat and the woman digging out the thorn. We then gave them some antiseptic cream pad and bandage. After thanking us they were on their way back to their village, the man still in pain.
