Swing and smoke

At 08:15am we're at Island Water World, waiting for the crane. We have a 8:30am appointment. Except there's a large motor boat that's jumped the queue. It has three (3!) outboards, with 250hp. Each. It's the light boat for the yacht, "A Quieter Place". Hmmm, quieter. With 770 hp?

We wait. waitwaitwait.

Waiting is so much easier among good friends. So we climb aboard the already hauled out "Felicie". Soon "Snorre" captain, Helge and "Blå"'s Kari and Eilif are also on the dock. And Swedish "Sulamitt"'s Thove. And, what do you know, suddenly it's 12 noon and we're up on the hard. Of course then our friendly "Simpson Bay Diesel" repairman is out to lunch.

So, just to pass the time, we scrape off the nasty reddish, round algae growth that serve as platforms for barnacles. Arms aching, we finish that job as the "SB Diesel" man finishes getting the sail-drive repaired. Now it's 5pm. Finally we can head back to our marina slot. Where we should have been already at 11am!

Time for Le Grande Good-by! "Blå" has decided we need a night on the town together. Again. No one protests, so we're 17 with Langesund boat, "Snorre"'s new crew, Snorre. From Langesund! 17 crew from 8 Norwegian boats wander out on the "Vegas" strip and again we end up at "The Warf". Lots of photos, "skoals" and spicy food. Afterwards energeic swing-dance for everyone at the end of the table where the older crowd has settled.

While the more or less young-ish ones sit and smoke.