It is mid July in Florida 2013. High heat, humidity and rain. Everyone retreats to AC hideaways to siesta through the day. At sunset the mosquitos attack for their daily feast of human blood. And again we humans find safe havens or bugspray. This is tropical paradise in a Florida Marina.
You think maybe it would be better to be sailing the ocean blue with sun wind and waves. The cooling breezes of the ocean to soothe and entrance. No bugs,heat, humidity and the occasional rain seems so pleasant mixed with sea spray.
Have had a Canadian friend here, Gordon, a mentor, photographer, advisor here in Indianown who did 2 years of sailing with his wife in the Bahamas. He now does heavy duty trucking on a part time on call .At one point he was bringing me things for my boat such as a gangplank for dropping undesirables into the drink. Then he brought me a bunch of electronic cords (that I had left on the free table at the marina the day before to give to others) Yes very helpful stuff. At the time he was working as a trucker for the local scrapyard and told me of all the wonderful useful stuff for the boat available for pennies on the pound. And would you believe it. I went and checked it out. Found all kinds of stainless and aluminum that I was able to fashion into necessary accouterments for the boat. Of course you have to be a half crazy cheapo innovator to take advantage of it. So there you are my description of me.
Gordon was the official photographer for the boat launch from the boat yard two months ago. So there are almost no photos of him. He was operating the lone camera we used at the time.
