dpb
Well-Known Member
Just back from two weeks in The Gambia during which we took a boat trip on the Gambia River and its Mangrove Creeks.
The trip started at the Marina of Denton Creek near the capital city of Banjul:
It had a club house and facilities:
and a slipway:
and a collection of resident craft:
Our craft turned out to be a Shetland 640 that had been imported from Holland.:
It had been an inboard but the current owner had converted to an outboard:
Still it had the equipment.........sort of,
The anchor neatly deployed on the for deck:
The bracket for the sounder and the hole for the radio..:
and the fire fighting equipment:
Still, it worked and we spent a great day on board. However fuel is expensive in The Gambia, not much cheaper than here so our skipper not once used the engine above idling speed to conserve fuel!
Most of the trip was along mangrove creeks where fishermen could be seen doing it the traditional way:
We idled up the river:
to a place called Lamin Lodge:
Where we went ashore for a short visit.
Was suprised to see this tied up there looking a little sorry for itself:
After seeing how the locals use every part of the oysters that they collect from the mangroves it was back to the boat:
Where the tank was refueled:
We stopped at several locations to fish and caught a Butterfish:
Which was soon gutted and cleaned ready for the hotel chef to cook for our dinner later:
Now inspite of running at idle all day and refilling with fuel, we still had to complete the return journey like this:
On our a arrival the skipper jumped off the boat with us and handed the craft to the boatyard staff who then cleaned it and returned it to its mooring:
The fish tasted great and it was a good holiday....hope you enjoy the pics!
The trip started at the Marina of Denton Creek near the capital city of Banjul:
It had a club house and facilities:
and a slipway:
and a collection of resident craft:
Our craft turned out to be a Shetland 640 that had been imported from Holland.:
It had been an inboard but the current owner had converted to an outboard:
Still it had the equipment.........sort of,
The anchor neatly deployed on the for deck:
The bracket for the sounder and the hole for the radio..:
and the fire fighting equipment:
Still, it worked and we spent a great day on board. However fuel is expensive in The Gambia, not much cheaper than here so our skipper not once used the engine above idling speed to conserve fuel!
Most of the trip was along mangrove creeks where fishermen could be seen doing it the traditional way:
We idled up the river:
to a place called Lamin Lodge:
Where we went ashore for a short visit.
Was suprised to see this tied up there looking a little sorry for itself:
After seeing how the locals use every part of the oysters that they collect from the mangroves it was back to the boat:
Where the tank was refueled:
We stopped at several locations to fish and caught a Butterfish:
Which was soon gutted and cleaned ready for the hotel chef to cook for our dinner later:
Now inspite of running at idle all day and refilling with fuel, we still had to complete the return journey like this:
On our a arrival the skipper jumped off the boat with us and handed the craft to the boatyard staff who then cleaned it and returned it to its mooring:
The fish tasted great and it was a good holiday....hope you enjoy the pics!
and sleeping with my leg dangling in the water was cool
obviously HSE approved activities and a full MCA coding on the boat
