Dinghy 911

Fort Pierce, 27 28 N 080 19 W

This afternoon Libby and I were hauling the dinghy out of the water. Suddenly the wind blew my Little Ceaser's Pizza hat off my head, across the whole boat and into the water. I quickly called for the dinghy to be re-launched, and I jumped in and chased the hat across the harbor. The only thing I lacked was a red flashing light and a siren. Fortunately, this hat floated so I was eventually able to retrieve it about 100 meters away from Tarwathie. I've lost lots of hats overboard over the years, this is the first time I've been able to rescue one before it sank. Consumers Union should rate hats according to buoyancy. This past year hasn't been bad though. I can remember loosing 3 hats in the past year.

At Sacandaga Lake I used to plan on loosing one hat per day, so I bought them by the dozen at the dollar store.

Well I promised Libby that we could spend a night in a marina where she could do laundry and take a shower. We tried at the Fort Pierce City marina but they said no. They can't take any boat with a draft more than 5 feet. The only marina here that could take us is Harbortown. Unfortunately they cater to mega yachts. Their slips are 60 feet long and unaffordable. Oh well, we'll find a marina some other place.

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