Diesel Duck

26 July 2013 | On board Diesel Duck
26 July 2013 | Leamington, Canada
25 April 2013 | Florida
26 March 2013 | Florida
27 February 2013 | Stuart, Florida
10 February 2013 | Beautiful Florida
24 January 2013 | Key West, Florida
26 December 2012 | Miami Beach
07 December 2012 | Miami Beach
27 November 2012 | Stuart, Florida
15 November 2012 | Wrightville Beach, NC
05 November 2012 | Chesapeake City, MD
01 November 2012 | New York, NY
30 October 2012 | Half Moon Bay Marina
29 October 2012 | Croton-on-Hudson, NY
23 October 2012 | The New York State Canal System
14 August 2012 | Leamington, Canada
20 June 2012 | Leamington, Ontario
20 June 2012 | Leamington, Ontario
13 May 2012 | In the Erie Canal System

Oh No!!

07 March 2011 | Kuna Yala, Panama
Marlene
Trolling for fish is fun and quite often we are successful in hauling in a good catch. A week ago, while coming back to the San Blas islands from a shopping trip at the El Rey supermarket in Sabanitas, Benno lost our lure, a "Blue Bomber" and the whole line spun out from the reel and ripped off when some big fish took a bite. Big, big fish!!!
This really was a tragedy because it was our only "Blue Bomber" lure, our--trophy -- good luck - dinner providing lure! But Paul and Sheryl came to our rescue when they brought with them from Canada a few "Rapala" lures which are quite similar. Naturally Benno wanted to try the new lure and get a good sized fish for all of us for dinner. So in-between island hopping the fishing rod was put to work. Not long after we had a strike. Big excitement on board and instructions were shouted to slow the boat, get the fish bonker, bucket, pliers and gloves. Paul grabbed his film camera and I went with my photo camera to capture the action.
The fish appeared to be at least three feet in size and he put on a big fight. Benno really used his muscles as he pulled hard and kept reeling him closer. Just when I thought I should hand Benno a gaff to bring him in, the fish jumped high in the air, spit out the lure, which had a lot of tension on the line and the "Rapala" lure with two sharp 3-prong hooks shot back to hook (as Benno commented dryly) into his family jewels, but thankfully they were protected by a good pair of swimming trunks.
We agreed that the fish that got away appeared to have been a Wahoo.

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Vessel Name: Diesel Duck
Vessel Make/Model: Diesel Duck 41' - Aluminum
Hailing Port: Toronto, Canada
Crew: Marlene and Benno Klopfer (Photo by Marcie Lynn, Puerto Montt, Chile)
About:
The kid, Dominik, is grown, married to Maryann and they have three kids Heidi + Annaliese + Hans, on their own. We are on the loose. Sold the condo and retired. Benno from an engineering profession and Marlene from a business administrator job. [...]
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SSCA Members Diesel Duck is designed by George Buehler and is a long range, sail assisted Troller Yacht. Main engine: Perkins M80T, 4 cyl. 78 hp Generator: 5 KW - 115/230Volt - 3 cyl. - Northern Lights diesel Fuel: 3000 liter diesel Water: 800 liter Additional equipments: 3 burner gas [...]
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Who: Marlene and Benno Klopfer (Photo by Marcie Lynn, Puerto Montt, Chile)
Port: Toronto, Canada