Hosts- Floyd and Helga
Crew- Captain Dennis, Engineer Brad, Chef Christopher, Deckhands Ian and Josh, and Hostess Jody
We escaped the cold for a few days in Key West on the renamed SarABeth with Addie's name now included, and of course it warmed up in Richmond while we were gone.
The new SAB is extremely comfortable, so much so you don't want to leave. Plenty of places to eat, read, watch TV, just hang out. However, when we first got there, we did leave to make the obligatory trip to the southernmost point:
The second day we were there we all went on the Conch Train for a general orientation tour. Then Connie and Addie and I went to the Hemingway House.
This guy on the tour seemed oblivious to his look next to the EH portrait.
We also saw the 6 toed cats, all with female movie star names, and their little grave yard.
The last full day I got to catch the first fish on the new Helga G. We did the Key West thing of chumming near a couple of wrecks and caught a virtual smorgasbord of species- grouper, cobia, blue runner, triggerfish, bonito, barracuda, and kingfish.
The Helga G has wonderful gyros on it to stabilize the ride and the roll when fishing.
On Friday we came back to Richmond but the weather had warmed a lot. Great trip. The first time I can remember so many out together on the boat at once.
