Today's quote of the day: We are not out here to rough it. We're here to smooth it. Things are rough enough in town. - Nessmuk

Julia: This morning Kyle put the fishing line into the water, and 2 seconds later a a sucker fish latched on. We all thought it was shark. A sucker fish is a fish that cleans sharks and Iooks like a shark too. We also went to an island where there were, it seemed like, a hundred iguanas. We snorkeled before we fished, and I almost swam right into the coral. The coral was very tall, fuzzy, and came in a variety of shapes. I also found a really pretty rainbow fish that was blue on top, and dim colors all over the body, a very sharp tail, and pink lips. Today was an amazing day.

Kyle: 4/17/12 at 7:15 in the morning a remora lached itself onto the boat. I then tested out my green shrimp lure and did not know that the remora was there. In less than 30 seconds, I had my first bite. It took three bites for the remora to get hooked. The two and a half foot long fish fought for about 7 or 8 minutes before Jeff swung him aboard, I took out the hook and tossed him back in the water and he swam away freely. Cool start to the day.

Jared: We went to this island with some vary friendly iguanas. As soon as we got onto the island, many, many iguanas came out of the scrub grasses to greet us. Jeff said if we got a coconut from the one and only coconut tree on this island, he would buy us dinner. Kyle was very determined and got one with a rock. Jeff then denied ever saying anything. I saw a barracuda in a reef while snorkeling .It was long and had a big mouth. I did not see the teeth. Kyle caught a sucker fish off of the boat and then we let it go. This was an exciting day.

Jody: This morning started out very exciting when Kyle caught a sucker fish. When we where snorkeling, I saw so many colorful fish and coral. I never wanted to leave the water. We went to an island that was inhabited by iguanas and one coconut tree. The iguanas where very interesting looking. They had long tails, were fat, and had green and brown bodies. One of them kept following me but Jeff showed me a way to make it go away without hurting it or scaring it too much, by walking towards it quickly. Even thought we weren't there for that long, I found a favorite iguana that I named Eegwee.

Capt. Jeff here! Great group and a great trip! We are unsure if our "blog" is getting out as we've not had any responses from parents. If you have responded to the blog during the past few days, could you also send us an email at jeff@differentdrumsailing.com? We don't know if there's an issue with the blog site and don't know if some of you have written responses we haven't received. Also, let us know if you're able to see out location on the Google Map on the blog site...thanks!