There’s a bunch of cruisers anchored in the bay here at Estero Island. Every morning at 9:30 they have a Cruisers net like VHF 68 radio chat forum to disseminate information. They even have an Agenda, believe it or not. It includes but is not limited to info for Captains, trivia, do you have any mechanical issues, and can anyone help Frank with his mechanical issues (it was always Frank), any great mods seen at church yesterday, what’s new at the Ft Myers Beach Farmers Market (Wed and Sun 8-2) and Carlos is still in search of someone who has some Grey Poupon.
They referred a lot to ‘going to church’ at a prior stop. Seems like they all went to church every day. Because of Lent? I had not pegged them as being a particularly devout group of partiers based on their spicy radio chatter. It turns out that there is an infamous bikers bar with the cheapest drinks in town on Church street and motorcycle owners from far and wide polish and show off their bikes and mods.
It gave me a whole new perspective on ‘going to church.’ And if you and your crew are ‘going to church’ you should switch your VHF radio to High Power and let all the infidels within 25 miles damn well know it.
Anyways, my point is that maybe this could work at the Hontoon Hoot. I fear that if Tom has to bellow out to 50 grandparents who are all hard of hearing (except Steve and Tina) and they’re all 6-12 feet apart that Tom might get a sore throat by the second day, unless he has a bullhorn. He might, he’s that kind of guy.
This is thrown out as just something to maybe consider.
Remember to stock up on provisitons for the duration of the Hoot, since ‘rides’ are not safe.
Get some fresh Florida strawberries to cut up, and some Premium USA honey to drizzle over them. Tex taught us to avoid anything else. Those beekeepers in Brazil and Argentina don’t use free-range bees, and the 55 gallon drums previously contained benzene or maybe something worse.
83 degrees and sunny, thank goodness the AC is blowing cold! Hope yours is too.
Cheers!
John
