10-30-2021, 08:40 AM
Many years ago there was for a couple of seasons a boat named Black Dog that was moored at the Negril wharf . It was about 36-38ft long and maybe 12ft wide . Odd shaped boat that was not designed for deep water rolls . It had almost nothing in it . Like no bunks , no seats , no working deck ???? Once in awhile it would be in Lucea moored off by the wall . Odd place for anchorage . They got caught towing a " lady of the night " behind the boat about 4-5 miles off Negril beach . If the charter boat didn't come along then it would have been death to the lady . About 2 weeks after that the boat disappeared and then on one of my trips to The Pedro Banks it was out there just sailing around . They tried to buy fuel from the boat I was on but that didn't work out too good . they had no money .I told the Captain that I had seen the boat many times in Negril and a few times in Lucea . The Captain checked with some people he knew and the boat tried to get registared in Kingston and also in Lucea but had no papers . Jamaica is divided into 4 districts and a boat can only stay a certain time without changing address . The guy just didn't seem to have anything but did manage to be around . He certainly wasn't smart enough to get a job as a " runner "Personally I thought the guy had mental issues . When the boat left Negril one time it just disappeared . I thought that it must have been stolen by pirates but even if it changed it's name and colour the boat was different enough that you would know it .