Workers of a different color.....

For my landlover friends and family, I want to share with you the unusual encounters with workers while here in Marathon FL.
This morning, about 9:30, I was cleaning the salon floor and heard someone say, "Ahoy, Ed, are you up?" I looked up and saw MARK, standing on the dock, doned in his wetsuit. Mark is the "Boat, Bottom Inspector". Truly!
The day previous he had gone down and inspected the bottom of Great Mates II while scraping off the barnicles, grass and checking the "zinks". Great Mates had barnicles but beyond that her zinks were all in good order.



Then came Laura and Bill. Laura and Bill are from up-state NY and they live-a-board a sailing vessel here in Marathon. They do chartering while also doing sewing work for those in need (like us) who may need a new biminy, table covers, seat covers, sails, etc. Late last year, the bimini of Great Mates was riped away during a storm so Laura is making us a new one. She and her husband, Bill came down to measure the fabric they'd cut to add the zippers so it may be installed.

Then came Dennis (from previous blog's, Dennis and Judy). Dennis has reincarnated a screen printing business that he learned while in highschool. He came down to pick up teeshirts that we've purchased (from my fav vendor, Lands End) to print our boat design artwork by dear friend, Vincent DeFelice) and text we wrote about her on some shirts. He carried them back to his boat, "Smokeena's Wish" to make the shirts...just ours.

Yesterday, Ed and I went for a bike ride. We rode up to All Keys Diesel, walked in to this tiny shop only to hear a woman talking on the phone in Spanish or Cuban to obviously a realitive,,, no one else around. Ed said to me, "I'm not going to be able to talk to this person". But; much to my amazement, the woman approached the counter and said, "hi, can I help?" Ed proceeded to tell her that he would like to have a diesel mechanic come to the boat to review the Cummins with him. She then started asking lots of quick questions indicating that this woman clearly knew what she was talking about. (stuff, I've never heard of and I live on this boat) Then, she said, I think I can have someone overthere this afternoon to help. How wierd is that. We walk into a place of business, tell them what we need and they come to our boat that afternoon.

The dude who arrived clearly knew what he was talking about and the end result was that he affirmed that we have one "kickass" engine and boat. And, Ed learned. Isn't that what it's all about?

Happy learning to all who care to share in our journey.

God's peace, Lisa