June 15, 2001
Photo Page 2
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The dinghy leaks! I couldn't believe it! Remembering the sinking-dinghy aboard "Silver Heels", I had vowed it wouldn't happen. The leak came
from a pin fitting on the centerboard trunk, visible behind my left cheek. I've plugged and
sealed the area. Rather than a pin, a leather strap holds the centerboard down and in position. Now "Sam's" dry as a bone.
The boarding ladder, blue hullside, toerail, genoa track and calm Echo Bay water.
The "blue boat", as were called around here, moored to the wide concrete docks at Port Sidney Harbor.
Each piling has a hanger and flower pot, and lamp posts line the
dock centerline. Some people set up umbrellas, small tables and folding chairs on the dock near their
boats and have morning coffee.