You are sitting in front of an illegal fire, the beach sand covers your feet and you wonder if the stuff you put on for sand flies is really any good but you don't care. The second bottle of home brew has your mood adjusted and there is this sailor that joined your group an hour or so ago. His boat is the small sloop that was there when you sailed in this afternoon, one of only a few boats at the island anchorage. The woman on the cat had caught a good mackerel and had dinghied around to invite the lot to share on the beach and a sun downer. The single hander on the small sloop was telling this great story and the night became one of the moments you will always remember....................

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