Rainy Nights in Kentucky

Thursday 10/29/09     Still sitting at Green Turtle Bay (http://www.greenturtlebay.com/) enjoying the rain. According to the local news it has been the wettest October on record for this area with more still to come. We just might stay another night and enjoy the Commonwealth Yacht Club.....Again!
Fortunately our slip is right next to the marina office with a great view of the fuel dock and harbor which has provided quite a bit of entertainment. The most unfortunate incident came yesterday when a woman tried pulling into the fuel dock (her husband was on the dock) and misjudged the wind and knocked the diesel pump over with the bow pulpit of the boat! Needless to say, the fuel business at GTB came to a halt for a few hours until the pump could be checked out and put back upright. Fortunately there wasn't any spillage of fuel into the water. Estimated cost of repair $4,000.00.

Most of the other entertainment is provided by the variety of boats coming and going from this marina. A couple that caught my eye were a 53' Selene Ocean Trawler named "MoonBeam" which is doing the Great Loop and the other was a boat that we saw at Legacy Harbor last winter. A 55' Fleming named "Brightwater" that just happens to be for sale. Did I mention that the 55 Fleming (pictured above) is one of our favorite boats!
The real excitement came when we took the courtesy van to Wal Mart in Paducah. Always a cultural experience. It just doesn't get any better!