Monday March 25th, 2013, Cozumel
A recent visitor John Wickey flew out from Cozumel on Monday.
We had difficulty finding a good place to land the dinghy in St. Miguel, Cozumel. When Pete took Wickey and Gayle and Wickey’s luggage to shore, he decided to try landing at the boat ramp. The dinghy has wheels so, in theory, it was “just” a matter of approaching the ramp and then pulling up the dinghy on its wheels.
Tony took advantage of our new camera with telephoto lens to capture the excitement of the first ramp landing.
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- Wickey getting into the dinghy with Rikki looking on.
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- All aboard, with luggage.
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- And they’re off.
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- Approaching the dock. How shall we do this?
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- It’s trickier than it looks.
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- The problem is that that the V-shaped hard bottom at the front is teetering on the ramp.
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- Wickey and Gayle get out first. Wickey takes the computer to dry land.
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- Pete needs to raise the motor on the dinghy now.
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- Everyone out of the dinghy.
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- Gayle preparing to drag the dinghy out of the water.
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- A passerby came to help.
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- Pete says that once the dinghy is landed, the wheels work well on a hard surface.
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- The dinghy and the luggage and the people on dry land. All’s well that ends well and only somewhat damp.
That puts a whole new spin on dinghy shenanigans!
Spin and flop! The slippery cement is what killed us.