News for May 2011

As the saying on Eleuthera goes, “Eleuthera it’s not for everybody“, and there is a lot of truth in that bit of wisdom. Well, Jef Fox still has Ocean Fox Diving in Harbour Island, but he now has a new partner who is running Ocean Fox Cotton Bay at Davis Harbour, Al Curry.

Al and his wife Janice purchased a house on Eleuthera in mid 2007 and absolutely love the people and the island. Eleuthera is a quiet Island with very friendly people, beautiful beaches with almost no one on them, and the food is excellent. Take your catch of the day to the local restaurant and they will cook it for dinner for you, no problem, mon. Jef and Al went to college together and were in the same fraternity (back when Dinosaurs roamed the earth), so when Jef decided he wanted a partner, Janice and Al decided that would be a good excuse to spend more time on the island.

At Davis Harbour we still have Daryl Miller as the Dive Master and Boat Captain. A few of the things that have changed, besides enhancing the dive shop, would be two new boats and new equipment. One of the new boats is the sister ship to Underdog named Potcake. Potcake, a 34’ Crusader powered by a 3208 Cat diesel, arrived from Florida in late March and is suited for fishing or diving. The second boat is a Caribiana 34, which actually arrived a year ago but has been added to the fleet, named T/T Chateauneuf-du-Rum (also known as the “Rum Boat”). Al and his wife Janice brought the Rum boat over a little over year ago to go along with their now four year old home purchase. The Rum Boat can fish, dive (limited numbers), snorkel, beach comb and almost anything else you can dream up.

Since January 2011 we have been doing a lot of charter fishing, catching some really nice Mahi-Mahi, a few good Wahoo, some smaller tuna and recently one very nice Blue Marlin. We have new Shimano TLD II 50’s with 80 pound high vis mono, and 190 pound wire leader so we don’t keep getting cut off by the big Wahoo.

We have had some great dives, and want to thank all those who have visited and dove with us this winter-spring. We had the pleasure of having two couples from New Jersey do two days of diving with Ocean Fox Cotton Bay. At the end of the second dive on the second day, we learned that Bryan Sorensen is not only a dive instructor but owner of the dive shop Ocean Explorers in Edison, New Jersey (www.njoceanexplorers.com). Bryan said he had such a great time that he would happily recommend Ocean Fox Cotton Bay to divers coming through his shop as well as other dive shops in the area. Bryan we appreciate the compliment and hope to see you again soon.