Crabbing

One of the ubiquitous things that you run into down here (or in reality try not to run into) is the crab pot traps. The water surface is littered with the small foam buoys that the fishermen use to mark their traps. The buoys aren’t that bad it’s the rope that snakes down to the trap on the bottom that lurks there, trying to snag every unsuspecting propeller that goes by. When under sail (because of our keel shape) they harmlessly slide by but if you’re under power, a constant sharp lookout must be kept or you will soon be diving under your boat to untangle your prop. Today a crabber came by to pull his traps and I got a few pictured of him, hope that you like them. First you have to pull the trap in.
Next, get it on board to find that there’s very few crabs and so,
re-bait it and toss it back in again. Over and over again. Kind of like working an assembly line.