The view
13 January 2013 | Georgetown
Richard
Here's the view. Nice, huh?
The old advice to not untie your dingy painter until you have started the engine is good advice. But, it doesn't apply on the beach. It only works for boats and docks.
After volleyball, we pushed our dingy off of the beach until it floated enough to lower the engine. Pull... Pull... ugh broken pull cord. (this also often happens when people forget and leave the engine in gear, then they pull and the cord breaks... but that also was not the case.)
Time to break out the oars. If you've ever tried rowing an inflatable boat, they generally don't row well. So, we had about 1/3 mile of rowing against the waves and wind to get back to the boat. So, we rowed to shore and walked the dingy as close as we could, then rowed. Not much drama, we'd done this before.
Wise boaters try to carry a toolkit and spares on all of their boats. But those wise guy boaters have larger dingys with places to put stuff, so that it won't fall overboard or be exposed to weather. But, while fixing this, I realized that I had unused space under the outboard motor engine cover. So, I put my toolkit and a couple of spare pull cords there under the cover.. I guess I can be a wise guy now too : )