East Island Turtle Camp Switch

We switched the turtle techs on East Island this morning and it was very windy. Looking at our wind sock it must have been 20+ knots. It was a slow wet trip but it's always fun to be out on the water. When we got to East Island we put out a stern anchor and drifted/ motored into shallow enough water to carry the gear back and forth from the island to the boat. It was so windy that one person couldn't hold the bow in position in shallow water so we set a bow anchor on land and then did our back and forth parade through waist deep water to carry gear and supplies onto the island. When all the gear and people had been moved we pulled the bow anchor and 2 of us held the bow while the anchor was carried out to the boat. Then, quickly, I waded out to the boat and climbed on leaving Tammy behind. We then powered slowly out to the stern anchor and got it on the boat and we were off for Tern Island. Even with rain gear we were soaked to the skin from spray coming and going but it was great fun!