Our rendezvous to meet with Mick’s cousin-in-law was arranged at a yacht club in a town on the outskirts of Boston, only a few miles from Logan International airport. Follyfin duly arrived in plenty of time to take up our reserved mooring, have a light lunch ashore, do some last minute provisioning and be at the meeting point at the appointed time. But the best laid plans etc... the outboard motor for our dinghy staged an unscheduled ‘strike’. The Bosun set to work quicktime to repair it, ending up with the whole machine apart in the cockpit but still not functioning - later diagnosed as dirt in the carburettor. So of course we were late going ashore and fell back on manpower (the Skipper’s, with paddles) to propel us.
Needless to say, the 1 mile walk to the supermarket and lunch ashore went by the board but we did make a successful rendezvous with Kevin at Winthrop Yacht Club. He arrived on time from Dublin, Ireland after a good flight. We spent a delightful first evening sharing a meal aboard and a few drams as well as some family photos.
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