I have always loved Oceanography. Cousteau was a hero in my youth. We have found we could site this as an excuse for why we haven’t cleaned the bottom of the boat in some time.
At every anchorage we quickly acquired a school of resident fish. We knew we had something more than a “little growth” when one of those schools of fish left Santiago Bay and swam with us the 44 hours to Maruata. We had become their main food source. The next indicator was waking up one morning in Zihuatenejo Bay to bubbles being released on our hull. Coming on deck revealed a dolphin fishing under us. We had begun to attract predators higher on the food chain.
So out came the goggles, fins, scraper, and brillo. Marc had his work cut out for him needless to say and I just followed with a scrub. In the end hard work paid off and we have gained about 2 knots!! (knots being how our speed is measured)
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