The Land of Plenty (Fish, Wind and Uncharted Shoals!!!) Ep 125
G'day patrons!
Join us for our action packed first week at the Furneaux Group of islands in Tasmania. We go spearfishing and bring in a pretty substantial haul of delicious Flathead! There's a fair bit of sailing in this one and a little bit of sketchy navigation requiring the use of our trusty Polaroids.
I get busy experimenting with fish offal. Would you have been game enough to eat the fish roe or milt (sperm)!? I think Troy was a pretty good sport about it. 馃槀
Our thoughts are always with you and your families during the lock down. I hope this video is a welcome distraction.
With gratitude for your ongoing support
Pascale
LAND OF PLENTY Fish, Wind and Uncharted Shoals!!! - Free Range Sailing Ep 125 (YouTube)
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Fabulous episode as usual. So natural. Feel just like sailing with you. Stay well ... :)
Thanks Roy. We like to try to bring you with us as much as is possible (thanks to Pascale's great editing)
"It's Not Sperm!" Great band name for you Troy ;-). And I REALLY love the Sir Robin stuff :-) :-) :-). " There are some who call me "Tim"? Thanks for another fabulous get away here in Pandemic land. Hope you are well, and warm somewhere... tim
Yes, we thought it might tickle your fancy. Your sentiment has been heard and we've had 3 days of 21 degree weather! We used it to smoke two dozen oysters a handful of Blue Mackerel and a pork belly for bacon.
The redundancy is a smart move. I am thinking about mounting a similar type of transducer inside the hull firing through the fibreglass hull, using a Garmin echomap multifunction fishfinder/plotter. I am weary of the internet forum types telling me to go for it and have yet to talk with someone I trust as to how well it functions in the real world.
I have had shoot thru installs but when manufacturers specs said our hulls were to thick, then I have cut out sections and glassed in transducers made for that. See if you can get the specs and if your hull plus the resin bed you may need to provide a level surface ( so the transducer doesn't shoot out at an angle!) Is under the limiting thickness it should all go well. Only cored hulls are usually the problem as fibreglass is invisible to sonar to a surprising thickness.
While I'm in no hurry to eat fish sperm, the video was none the less great as usual! I would be interested to know if you guys internally mounted your fishfinder transducer firing through the hull or is external?
The new side scan sounder transducer is mounted externally in its own polyester resin teardrop for protection but an old thru-hull transducer is still in place ready to be reconnected to the old sounder in case of heavy lightening strike. We have redundant sounder and GPS.
No game for me on the fish innards. However me and my girl spend plenty of time under sail also and I must say we Kringe at your suffering with that weather (cause we know what it鈥檚 like) But I cant help myself and love the wind. Great videos. Regarding anchorage, we just watch the surf and depth and a little bit of the charts and use common sense and an 85 Lb. Mantus on 300 feet of 3/8 chain.
As we have passed the equinox and the days are shortening, we feel every cold front that passes over now. The other day had a maximum of 6 degrees! Once he wind goes north once again it becomes quite liveable but we envy yachts equipped with a heater just at the moment.
Thanks for another wonderful gift - especially for those of us "sheltering-in-place" and needing to share in someone else's adventures at the moment.
We do hope for this to turn out ok for you and all of those you care about Charlie. We are grateful for you letting us know that we are contributing in some way to your continued well being.
This one was a gem, TY for sharing. I really like how subtle you've made the transitions and music lead-in/outs. I'm not a producer but I so recognize the hard work and skill you put in this. I am happy to say I've watched you get better with time. TY again.
Thanks for noticing! We do try to find a little time to keep researching how to improve but the learning curve gets shallower after a while. It is still a lot of fun though to put these together for you all and to remember our recent adventures as well.
Wonderful episode, as always! Your utilizing all the bits of the seafood you harvest is admirable, and mostly looks delicious! I'll try nearly anything, and only a very few things I've not wanted a second time, while mostly looking forward to next opportunity. Mirrool seems like a perfect size for allowing you to explore the beautiful areas your in with at least a little comfort, and she certainly looks to sail well under most all conditions you've shown her in. Stay safe and sane during these crazy times!
I'm sure you would have liked the roe and pate then Scott. Mirrool has been perfect for the whole trip around the top of Australia but as the days are getting shorter, wetter and colder it's starting to get a little more uncomfortable aboard. If we can, we are going to try to do refit over winter in Hobart and spend the cold winter nights off the boat. Everything is up in the air at the moment though so our plans might change.
Undoubtedly you will catch some snook soon. They have awesome roe as well. Look forward to watching your every episode.
Interesting. We haven't caught any yet but if we do we'll make sure we keep the roe!
Thanks guys, throughly enjoyed as usual. Looking forward to your foraging in colder waters. Pascale you鈥檒l have to think about that cookbook, I鈥檒l definitely buy one. When I was a kid ( a very long time ago ) my grandad use to cook herring (3 to 4 inches long) in a little vinegar in the pressure cooker, we use to eat them whole the crunchy back bones were my favourite. Enjoy life Ron
The good people of Thursday Island also use vinegar on an small fish for the same purpose and we also enjoy the taste. We are working on a book this very morning!