February 6, 2010

What could go wrong.......

We left Frank & Pat last night in the dark in a location I thought might be an ok place to anchor Grey Goose. Evidently, some of the other boats anchored nearby didn't agree with my judgement. After we left them, one neighbor expressed concern that they were too close to his boat. F&P pulled their anchor and moved. Next guy pointed out that they had now anchored in a shallow area of sea grass--can't stay there. (It's dark, and by now, the thunderstorm was upon us.) Next guy came out in his dinghy and loaned them another anchor and chain, and then set it for them.
We stopped by to see them this morning on our way into the showers. While we were there, 4 other dinghies stopped by Grey Goose with suggestions on where and how to anchor. One guy in a 28' boat said he had a 500 pound anchor with a 100' of chain plus a second anchor. The whole place is a spider web of anchor lines going every which way. I think all the marinas are full and there's 26 boats on the waiting list for a mooring ball. When we first saw F&P this morning, Frank (aka Frankie Vallie) did his best "Oh What a Night"
I wonder why all these boats crowd into this harbor here in the beautiful, warm, sunny Florida Keys. How's the weather back in Indiana?
In case those of you up NOrth have forgotten what it looks like, I'm attaching a photo of the sky.

2 comments:

  1. bright and cloudless skys over my house as of right now. did i say bright? 6 inches of prue white, and it's bright out too. i even got sweaty sence it's so warm. well it may have been the snow shoveling. any way sounds like a fun time for you all. i have looked for you on the harbour cam. looks like alot of old people, not you of course.

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  2. Old people????? I don't see any old people around here... Do you??? TW

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