tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post3719824751640212635..comments2023-09-25T08:48:48.104-07:00Comments on John Vigor's Blog: The vox of the popJohn Vigorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215080385571534292noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-36905542464057665182010-02-08T09:58:38.409-08:002010-02-08T09:58:38.409-08:00Another category: Proletarian.
The marina I favor...Another category: Proletarian.<br /><br />The marina I favor has hundreds of slips, and the most expensive on is, I think, $700 a <i>season</i>. (Mine's $675.) There's no Yacht Club, and the biggest rule I can recall offhand is the 'no used tires or old carpet for fenders' one.<br /><br />Thanks to the leeboards on my Ted Brewer/Alan Vaitses sharpie ketch, I berth <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mugland/3911908171/in/set-72157619356468001/" rel="nofollow">right in there with the power-boaters</a>.<br /><br /> These guys (and they are pretty much all guys) work for a living. I'm not a huge fan of their taste in beer or music (Bud Light and Classic Rock, respectively), but I totally dig their boat ethics: boating is what they do for fun, and it helps them define themselves. Sort of like Harley ownership. One or two of them (maybe) even know how to rig a spring line properly.<br /><br />The ones that know what a halyard is think I'm a little crazy to have seven of them, but they don't judge. I like that.Aaron Headlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936150018996105040noreply@blogger.com