Slacker

I haven't updated recently, so I shall now beat myself about the head. There.

Now that that's done, here's a photograph taken last weekend of our little 16 foot sailboat tied up to the dock.



We used to have a larger sailboat. For 5 years or so we owned a Tanzer 22 that we kept at a sailing club down on Lake Ontario. The sailing club was located in a municipal park and on weekends one couldn't drive into the club, but instead take a shuttle van in and out. The shuttle van was very inconvenient since you had to be back from sailing in time to catch the last (5:30) shuttle out. In addition, the boats were tied to moorings, so access to the boat was via dingy.

To see how complicated this all was, here's a typical Saturday boat visit. Arrive at the park, unload the cooler and other gear, and wait for the van. Load the crap into the van, ride out to the club, unload the van, and schlep our junk out to the dock. Get the dingy from the dingy lockup, get the oars from the oar lockup, and row out to the sailboat. Tie the dingy to the mooring, untie the sailboat from the mooring, and motor in to the dock. Transfer the stuff from the dock to the sailboat. All of this takes over an hour. When you return from sailing, repeat but in reverse.

We eventually tired of the aggravation, and stopped going to the club. Our Tanzer had a fixed keel and was not really trailerable, so one summer we quit the club and sold the boat. The next summer we bought the cottage and three summers after that we got our lovely little DS-16.