[Rhodes22-list] Ponchatrain Sailing Labor Day Weekend

[Ben Schultz]

Rummy wrote:
<<Don't forget the most important provision, plenty of Mt. Gay rum.>>

Amen to that.  I forgot to give you all this little story. 

I rode up with a good buddy of mine, who was anxious to test the towing 
ability of a new truck.  We got to Edenton late in the evening on 
Friday.  By the time we found an ABC store, got something to eat, and 
hit the food lion for mixers, ice, and some god-awful cigars, it was 
dark.  We rolled out to the plant and even in the dark I knew Velvet 
Elvis as soon as the headlights hit the boat.  It was on a trailer but 
pulled right next to the loading dock, so we hopped aboard, gave her a 
quick inspection, poured the Mt. Gay.

Sitting in the cockpit smoking and drinking, the past year of 
non-sailing disappeared.  It felt like I had been a few days since I had 
been there before.  It was being home again.

I am grateful for the fact that we bought only one bottle of Mt. Gay.  
As soon as I finished the last of it, I really wanted more.  Fortunately 
(for the sake of our long drive back), we had no more and had nothing to 
do other than to go to bed.  I can easily envision the scenario where we 
drink and bs until 2:30 and have a long, hot, dehydrated, miserable 16 
hour drive in front of us the next morning.

Actually, we got up early, farted around the plant for a couple of 
hours, and left around 10:30 (I'm guessing).  We stopped Saturday night 
in Alabama, and made it home just after lunch on Sunday.  It was a good, 
uneventful trip.

The launch is tomorrow.  I'll have pictures up soon.

Ben