It has been raining for 12 hours, mostly at night but also now into the morning. The biggest thing on my horizon here in Northeast Harbor is Dreams, a 100+ foot 5 story yacht. As is the custom these days, they come complete with a 30+ foot “chase” boat with three 400hp outboards attach to the stern.
These boats are awkward appendages. They hang off the mother ship’s side or sideways off the stern. They are usually sleek craft that vie for outlandishly sci-fi designs, and vary in color dependent on the color of what they are appended too.
The black/grey vessels have a Special Forces vibe; as if the crew would suit up their guests in black camouflage bulletproof vests instead of sky blue life preservers for the sunset cruise.
At twilight, Dreams’ appendage (white BTW) boarded its guest and took off south out of the harbor to try to find a sunset. The weather was deteriorating but it is a fast protected craft and I am sure provides a bit of excitement as opposed to the creature comforts provided by the larger ship.
An hour or so later it ghosted back. Being nosey, I reached for the Canon Image Stabilized 10x30 binoculars to watch what looked like Grand Ma and Pa and the Grand Kids get off. They disappeared into the ship and its lights flickered on from stern to bow.
Moments later two crew returned, switched on the chase boat’s cold blue LEDs, and began to decontaminate it. This went on for an hour making me fantasize that the kids had a food fight with lobster bait while underway.
Though I am not proud to admit it, I doubt in 40 years of owning boats that I have ever given any such a cleaning. I definitely do not have the makings of super yacht crew.
The sky is lightening now. Neighboring boaters are baling flooded dinghies, taking dogs for walks, and taking themselves ashore for showers. Please excuse me if this sounds rude, but us boater are an elderly bunch. The men are gray and the women are mostly blond. We are teetering a bit but then we are still at it . . . hurrah!
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