New Engines for the boats

Over the last 2 years ,I have looked for a suitable option to replace my ancient but still running perfectly fine Ford Sabre engines.That little bit of blue smoke when cold and all the little swets on the seals,made it look messy and the bilge crying.

Over the last 3 month I have buildt the Marine engine ideal for Kenya /Africa,using the base engine of a Nissan 3.2 liter turbo diesel.

The first 2 engines are in Arielle and the 2 nd one will be running by mid week.The top speed expected is 35 Knots.This will allow us to reach the sea mountains in good weather conditions in very short time at reasonable fuel cost.

The new engines are much smaller and lighter and have improved the boats stability immensly,by lowering the centre of gravity.
It also makes the cabin more spacious.

With the regular off season maintenance the boat will be ready by the end May.
I have driven it on one engine its absolutely great.

Our season 2009/10 showed more fish than ever before

Tight lines were needed on all the trips and the lucky strike was with Joseph Seel on the 7th Feb.
releasing a 1000 lbs Marlin after a 5 hour drill on Baloo.
Daily since December ,we caught Marlin, the most were 5 a day and the average was one to 2 per boat per day.The season went on into April and the catches showed an other high in the first 2 weeks of April with the Marlins still around and taking well.
I like to thank all my friends/Fishermen for their support and hope to see all of you in the next season .
The night fishing as usual was unpredictable,Edo had the best trip 3 Broadbill released 2 x 40Kg, 1x 60 Kg.They will never forget the release on board when the fish slipped the grip and gave them a real beating, sorry about that.

The last catches in 2009

At the end of 2009 we had nice fishing weather with calm sea and lots of Bonitos. Just have a look at this extract of our last catches:

31st of December:

• Tita and Rosella from Milan catch 3 Sailfish and 1 Striped Marlin on BalooCarlos, Esteban and David from Columbia catch 1 Striped Marlin on Arielle within 4 hours
• Franz from SA and Andy from UK catch 1 Tuna on Nala

30th of December:

• 2 Tunas

29th of December:

• Tita from Milan catches 2 Sailfish on Baloo
• 3 Striped Marlin on Nala

28th of December:

• Tita catches 1 Sailfish on Baloo
• Florian from Austria catches 3 Sailfish and 1 Striped Marlin. It was his first Big Game Fishing experience!

27th of December:

• 4 Sailfish on Nala

We caught and released all fish, except 4 of them.

1st place at Eye Go Fishing Competition 2009

Harshil Raval won the Eye Go Fishing Competition for the third time in a row! With 5 billfish he had a perfect start into the fishing season. Three of them were tagged and released and two were boated.
Like in the last days, we had great fishing-weather with wind from north-east which is typical for the beginning of the billfish-season.

Videos are online!

Two new Videos are available on the Homepage. The first video is an extract of a report about Kenya. You can see Walter talking to the showmaster about the advantages of Big Game Fishing in Kenya. The second video is a report by Peter Heindel. He accompanied Walter and his guests for one week. This report also shows the beginning of the fishing base.
The videos can be watched in the Gallery of the Homepage.
http://www.kenya-fishing.com/Gallery.html

Tamarind Competition 2009

Two of our boats participated in this year's Tamarind Competition in Nyali.
Hans-Peter Bernegger fished on Baloo with Peter as captain. Fritz Frieden, David Baumgartner and Stefan Hilbrunner started on Nala in the competition and with Athmani and Mashuhuli as crew.
The sunny fishing day ended with one Sailfish (tagged and released), 5 Tunas and a lot of Dorados for Hans-Peter. Fritz and his team caught one Wahoo and many Dorados as well.
This meant the second place for Hans-Peter and the fourth place for Fritz, David and Stefan. Furthermore Fritz and his team got the prize for the biggest Wahoo (9,9kg).

1st + 2nd place at Mtwapa Cup 2009

The 2009 Mtwapa Cup ended with a perfect result for Walter's fishing guests: Remo Straessle, Rene Stoecklin and Konrad Fierz marked the first place on Baloo. The World-Cup-Winners of 1997 were able to repeat the success they had in the Mtwapa Cup 2007. With four Sailfish - all tagged and relaeased - and one Wahoo weighing 16,4kg. They also won the trophy for the biggest fish.

Hans-Peter Bernegger came second. He fished on Nala and caught two Sailfish and one Tuna weighing 10,5kg. The competition took place on a sunny fishing day with calm sea.

New Engines for Nala

This week, we exchanged Nala's engines. We change the engines of all boats frequently to check them on land. This enables us to easily renew the seals and bearings.

La Marina - New Restaurant in Mtwapa Creek

A new restaurant opened at the beginning of 2009: La Marina. It is located at the entrance of Mtwapa Creek where you have a wonderful view of the ocean and also into the creek. La Marina offers daily fresh seafood, meat grills and cocktails. Especially in the evening, this restaurant has its own romantic atmosphere.

http://www.lamarina-restaurant.com/

Flights to Mombasa

Besides Condor, the Swiss Airline Edelweiss and the German Airline Airberlin offer direct flights to Mombasa.
Edelweiss starts from Zuerich, Airberlin from Duesseldorf.
You can find more Information on http://edelweissair.com/ and http://www.airberlin.com/
(www.condor.com)