Reboarding practice in the pool

We couldn't practice our reboarding procedures yesterday. It was too cold! We had lots of problems trying to get back on the other day, so we went and bought a rope ladder that we could attach to the D-rings on the pontoon. We put the boat back in the pool and hooked up the ladder. We discovered the ladder didn't make it much easier to get back on. Susie suggested it would be easier if we hooked it up to the back of the boat so we wouldn't have to hoist ourselves over the pontoon. I had my doubts but when the trophy wife makes a suggestion, one must listen. Sure enough, she was right again. (She usually is, damn it!) We were able to reboard from the back. Not easy, but we both managed it. It will work in an emergency. We both need to work on our upper body strength to make this task a bit easier. Susie took a couple of pictures of me climbing back in - for proof.

So now we're ready to take it out in the canal and see how the paddling will go. Should be fun.

Went and saw the Brian, our new fishing friend, and the Yard Dogs on Sunday. If you've not seen or heard them play, you need to find out where they are and go see them! They have a unique brand of music, sort of Jimmy Buffet, Arlo Guthrie, country cajun. Hard to explain, but you'll like it. We plan on seeing them whenever we get a chance. And Brian is my fishing guru now. Knows everything there is to know about fishing. May get to go shark fishing with him one day - off the beach at night. Sounds exciting. And I think it involves some beer drinking. So it's got to be good. Go to their web site to get the dates and places for their shows.