It’s a dull overcast day in Barrie, with the temperature around +2 C. It’s not shaping up to be a good day for gardening or any kind of outside work, so MY Jane and I have decided to take a spin up to Port Severn and possibly have another look at the new boat we are buying.
I specifically want to see if the name on the transom (Black Pearl) is painted on or if it is a decal. We plan on changing that name to Georgian Spirit. After all, it is Georgian Bay that has played such a big part in our lives. We got married on an island in the Bay and even had a custom made medallion (representing windswept trees and rocks of Georgian Bay) installed when we had hardwood floors put down in our home.
One other name that was in the running was Shenanigans. It was a close second. It might be a good idea to use that name for the dinghy. For it is the dinghy that will be involved in most of the “shenanigans” that goes on when everyone is up on the boat.
Some past shenanigans include Steven and Chris convincing me to go tubing and laughing their heads off when my bathing suit gets half pulled off, or when Jane gets caught with one foot on the swim platform and the other in the dinghy and ends up in the drink or when the guys come back from a shore campfire in the dinghy and drop the lighted lantern into the lake. It stayed lit the whole time and still works.They then had to fish it out with a boat hook. Or the time Jane took her Mom, Ted, on a dinghy ride and got her wet. Or that day last July when our friends Jim and Annemarie were with us in the dinghy and Jim hit a big wave and got Annemarie soaked. Oh, how we laughed!
Yes, I think Shenanigans is a good name for the dinghy!
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