I had the chance to go to the real world for a number of weeks recently and took it! With the sale of my powerboat charter business in July I suddenly had no job and a desire to spend some time with my family as well as my friends in the states. A big part of the enjoyment came from being able, for the first time in five years, to be home during a time of year when vegetable gardens were producing their crops! I ate corn on the cob every night for a month except for about three times I would bet. Among other favorites were tomatoes that did not taste like cardboard and my sisters creation of battered squash blossoms with a honey drizzle. Ok, enough about the food on to the fishing. Since I no longer have the Scout 282SF to take fishing periodically I should introduce you all to my newest battle wagon that is ready to take on the Virgin Islands South and North Drops. It is called "Factory Hookup" and she is a beautiful Scout 350 Abaco. On her own bottom she was run down from Charleston, SC for the owner and I am now taking care of her. She is powered with twin 350 yamaha outboards and cruises at about 30knots. I have found she is most comfortable at 28knots and it rough weather 18knots is the magic number to let her squat down and take the wavers off her broad and proud Carolina bow while giving us a gentle ride towards the back of the boat. If seas are flat she can run out at just under 50knots, if your wallet can handle it of course! The owner makes his way down every four or five weeks so I don't get a lot of opportunity to use it and as we all know using a boat is the best way to keep maintenance costs down so I just had to take it out the other day when some friends offered to pay for fuel. It was a good chance to put a little gas through the filters and clean the bottom up a little. We didn't do any fishing but we did catch a good time.
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