Figuring that something had to be done about the waste tank situation, it was time to grab the toolbox and go under the trailer. One advantage of working under this beast is that there is plenty of room It didn’t take too long to discover that the problem was not too serious. A metal extension rod between the valve and the handle had broken. I was able to remove the broken parts, and modify the longest part to operate the valve until we can get a replacement.
In the late afternoon we went down to “Spanky’s” a sea food restaurant and bar where a shrimp boat operator give short tours to show how the shrimp are caught. The trip was excellent, far better than our previous nautical foray at Savannah.
We left the dock and after about 15 minutes the net was lowered into the water for about 15 minutes, it was then retrieved and the contents dumped onto a sorting table. As well as numerous shrimps there were horseshoe crabs (evidently not a crab at all, but a member of the spider family), stingray, puffer fish, sea bass, flounder, dungeness crab, calamari, turtle, anchovy, trumpet fish and more.
STINGRAY
PUFFER FISH
The net was lowered 2 more times on the cruise. The shrimp that were caught were “processed” on board, this involved placing the flat of the thumb at the junction of the head and tail and squeezing, tail remains in the hand, head pops off! The deckhands could do this without looking, both hands at once collecting about 10 tails in their hands before dumping them in the bucket. Evidently there is no machine to do this, even on the large commercial boats.
On the way back, we got to eat some freshly caught shrimp whilst being treated to a beautiful sunset
