06-20-2014, 11:26 AM
Through the years, I’ve gotten to know Famous Vincent quite well. We’ve been spearfishing and snorkeling together every day of my vacation, not just this reach but every reach – except when the weather isn’t right.
We’ve spent a lot of hours just talking together, as often it’s just me and him because we prefer to go out early in the morning. He is a self-made success, the No. 1 boat operator in Negril, and indeed he is not only great at what he does but a pleasure to be around. He’s a great snorkeler and swimmer, obviously, but until the past couple of reaches, it was usually his ex assistant Roger that did the spearfishing and not Vincent. But the two split off about a year ago when Roger got the backing to have his own boat, so Vincent has been spearfishing a lot more, and though Roger was much more adept than me, Vincent and I are actually pretty close in terms of skill level.
He’s a bit better, but not by much, and we so enjoy spearfishing together and kind of competing together for who can get the most fish and biggest ones.
I love being at one with the ocean. It’s an incredible world down there, and the experience sets me right for the whole day. The spearfishing part adds a thrill-of-the-hunt to whole deal, and god it’s a blast chasing around fish and nailing them with the gun. By far the funnest thing I’ve ever done. And the charitable part of it is rewarding, too, when I present a big bag of fish to a local. Sometimes I leave them to Vincent or one of his assistants, sometimes I give ‘em to Bobo, and sometimes I give ‘em to someone at Seastar like Garrett or Barbara or Clarol; they never go to waste.
We’ve spent a lot of hours just talking together, as often it’s just me and him because we prefer to go out early in the morning. He is a self-made success, the No. 1 boat operator in Negril, and indeed he is not only great at what he does but a pleasure to be around. He’s a great snorkeler and swimmer, obviously, but until the past couple of reaches, it was usually his ex assistant Roger that did the spearfishing and not Vincent. But the two split off about a year ago when Roger got the backing to have his own boat, so Vincent has been spearfishing a lot more, and though Roger was much more adept than me, Vincent and I are actually pretty close in terms of skill level.
He’s a bit better, but not by much, and we so enjoy spearfishing together and kind of competing together for who can get the most fish and biggest ones.
I love being at one with the ocean. It’s an incredible world down there, and the experience sets me right for the whole day. The spearfishing part adds a thrill-of-the-hunt to whole deal, and god it’s a blast chasing around fish and nailing them with the gun. By far the funnest thing I’ve ever done. And the charitable part of it is rewarding, too, when I present a big bag of fish to a local. Sometimes I leave them to Vincent or one of his assistants, sometimes I give ‘em to Bobo, and sometimes I give ‘em to someone at Seastar like Garrett or Barbara or Clarol; they never go to waste.