I was down below this morning when I heard an "Aaaack!" from up above. Steve was in the cockpit watching the dingy drift away from the boat! After a frenzied doffing of his 'town appropriate' clothing, he jumped into the water and swam after it. As I watched from the boat, I saw a big fish zip after him. "Go faster, hurry up, there's a big fish after you!" He calmly swam on. Turns out he didn't hear me. And that's probably a good thing because when he got to the dingy he couldn't get in (too bouncy) and he would have been fish stressed as he towed it back.
The cause of the problem? The 'painter' line (the rope tying the dingy to the boat) had snapped, probably due to chafing. This is the second time there's been an 'issue' with the line holding the dingy. The first time a knot came untied, but we had a second line on. If Steve hadn't seen it departing, it would be out in the middle of the Atlantic now. And as the dingy is our car it would be just a bit inconvenient for it to disappear. We now are the proud owners of a really big rope for tying the dingy on, the dingy ladder is now in the dingy and Steve continues with his super hero status!
(Steve Towing the Dingy photo to follow when we encounter wifi)
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