Every morning, we start the day with breakfast and the “Cruisers’ Net”, the VHF radio broadcast of weather, news and items of local interest. Then, we usually do a walk about of Marsh Harbor, where we enjoy the scenery, for instance, this buoy tree at the local fish market.
At the marina’s restaurant, Mangoe's, every Thursday evening, the featured entertainment is “Rake and Scrape” with the artist “Brown Tip”. Rake and scrape is an “Island ting”, where the artist plays CDs of Island music, and plays and sings along.Brown Tip’s featured instrument is a carpenter’s saw. He holds the handle against his shoulder and the blunt end in his hand, forming a variable bent shape, and scrapes it with a fish fillet knife, in rhythm with the music. Maracas are played by his assistant, or often an audience member. It’s most interesting, and loud enough we can enjoy it from the aft deck of Monarch in her slip. Brown Tip’s other job is as a local diver; he hires out to clean boat bottoms.
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