The first being a photographic exposé of FADs : Fish Attracting(or Aggregation) Devices, which I have further christened as, BADs (Boat Attracting Devices) and CADs (Catamaran Attracting Devices).
These little, (or not so little actually) darlings float free range (generally) on the ocean currents, their location obviously known to the local fishermen but a complete mystery to a transiting yachtie.
Mysteriously and annoyingly, they seem to regularly appear around dusk, then of course you have no idea all night, where they are, as of course they are totally unlit.
Using our best David Attenborough skills, we did manage to sneak up on a few during daylight hours , displayed here.
Not shown is the "St George cross" of bamboo which I failed to photograph in the middle of the night after we found it across the bows.
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| basic polystrene blocks,netted, lashed and clad with tyres |
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| Beautifully wrapped in green -guaranteed to stand out on the ocean-not! |
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| Bamboo raft with palm leaf sail |
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| Scale:local fisherman vs FAD |
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| Visible in daylight, if one is keeping an excellent lookout, as we did -invisible at night |
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| Spears 6-10m of bamboo pole weighted with concrete below the water |
solid little number that would tend to stop you dead.
For the record, I never noticed any of these when I was at work, ploughing along at 10+ knots on 30000 tonnes of steel!
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