FRIDAY 7th May,
We arrived off Roatan this morning at first light and were going to anchor at West End but found it too rolly. As it was too early and nothing was opened we spent the time motoring back to Coxen’s Hole, the main town which is a bit of a dump, but wanted to be there to clear in when the customs and immigration opened. This we duly did while Penny got a supermarket fix and then we went further east to French Harbour where we were told we could dock next to a restaurant. This turned out to be another bit of bad information so we went for the next option, Fantasy Island. The depth we measure was thirteen and a half feet and a very narrow channel, which is why we didn’t go there in the first place but we were running out of options. Managed to get in very slowly and are now anchored off the nice resort.
The whole island is home to a huge fleet of American style shrimp boats and every small cove has them moored in there cheek to jowl. We passed a lot of them in the night as well.
Had a good day’s fishing yesterday and caught a couple of nice sized tuna, a wahoo and a Sierra Mackerel so the freezer is pretty full again and we still have some to give away.
We leave again early Sunday morning so the next report will be on Monday. Have a nice weekend. PW.
