Cast Changes: Drifter Departs

                              "A guitar's comin' through to soothe me..."
                                                                   -Dobie Gray



             At the crack of o'dark-early last Friday morning, Drifter left her slip for the last time.

    After two seasons of commuting from Pittsburgh to the Dock to sail, Steve decided it was time to move his boat from the north shore to the south shore, and keep her slipped in Erie, Pennsylvania.

     Thursday night, most of the usual suspects raised a glass to salute Steve and his intrepid crew, Pete.

    Drifter, a Mirage 24, was one of the most squared-away boats on the Dock.  Steve should write an essay on cockpit locker organization:

      Steve, it's been good to sail with you over the years. We'll see you out in the middle of the lake somewhere next season.

     

"Talk the Dock!"

"In" Season Continues...

          So many people come walking by, looking so happy..."
                                                                      -Ivan Neville




      Hot, hazy, humid...  THIS is the promise that we hold onto all damn winter.  The hope that the lake will thaw,the rain and snow will stop,  the sun will return, the fish will bite, and the wind will blow.

      It seems that the promise has been kept..

      Lots of traffic on the Dock and in the marina today, and every face I saw had an ear-to-ear grin.

      Spring is the season of rebirth, and rebirth was a familiar theme among Docksters.  Jim and Marianne debuted their new fishing boat...

   slipped beside their painted and polished Siren, Cranky.

   Ooooohhhh, pretty!

    I'm gonna start a pool on when the first scratch is inflicted on the perfect finish in the cockpit- I'm calling June 2.

     Speaking of Jims, Carpe Diem splashed today.

     Jim was hard at work this winter renewing the brightwork, installing a new motor, adding some teak, and making an already pretty boat even prettier.  I caught him just as he was finishing painting the cuddy.
    You ever notice that nobody ever looks this happy while painting their house?


    When we pulled into our slip on Friday, we were surprised to see Drifter in the water.  SWMBO muttered, "It's kinda pitiful when a guy who doesn't even live in the country anymore has his boat in the water before us.:"
    We managed to catch up with Steve on Sunday, and were pleased to hear that he will be back fairly frequently throughout the season.

     Whiskeyjack  has a new neighbour, a C&C 24:

     The fish are back.  I think this one was grinning::

    And, of course, again this season, Dock Six gets the hoopty dock carts.  We're okay with that, though- it means that other docks rarely borrow our dock carts.

 

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