Cigarette boats
07/12/11
Each year the marina is booked out by a group of "cigarette" racing boat enthusiasts - the first boat arrived thumping and humming very loudly, it made a grand entrance into the marina and tucked into a berth - the takeover continued for hours - we had one park beside us - the stupid captain could not get his boat into the berth without me fending him off our boat - if I had not been there he would have stuck his stupid pointy bow into White Rose!!! They are all show off and no skill !!! Every berth in the marina was full and the party began - boom boxes were set up on the dock and loud music infiltrated every boat - dancing began - I hadn't realized until later that it was a dancing competition - each boat supported a bikini clad bimbo that lazed on the front of the speed boat with an aura of "look at me", most of these girls were in the dance competition and eventually got voted off. When only 3 were left the clothing (what little there was) began to come off - it was at this stage that I was walking down our dock wondering why all the oldies were on the top deck of their trawlers, deck chairs, beers, cameras and binoculars - stupid me !!! 3 naked, breast enhanced bimbos were gyrating close by. Eventually one was named naked bimbo of the year and the party continued on at a local pub- thank goodness !! This group even pay a helicopter to film their arrival and dance !!! Don and I laughed as a Navy helicopter spent over 1/2 hr going around and around in circles over the top of the gyrating girls - I wonder what the tax payers think of that way their money is spent :-)
Grace
Jim and Kay on their catamaran "Grace" called into Portsmouth on their way to Maine and on their way back - it was wonderful to see friends, swap books and recipes and hear about their recent travels. I wanted them to stay longer but they had a schedule to keep - they wanted to be further south and in a marina by Thanksgiving.