Tuesday, March 4, 2008
OCaFaCa RATS
Little Farmers Cay is a very small island on the way to Georgetown. We spent a few windy windy days there. During the night, a boat lost it's dinghy. They searched with Tom but no luck so put out a general call on VHF in case someone saw it. Immediately Terry Bain, the owner of Ocean Cabin restraunt and bar and hotel responded. he got on VHF with a ATTn all units ATTn all units you listen up now. He proceeded detail the situation and call commercial captains in the area. After a while the dinghy was located about 5and 1/2 miles north west of the anchorage. with Terry's encouragement it was retrieved and the owners sailed down wind to get it. Turns out Terry has a group called the O CA Fa CA Rats. that stands for : Ocean CAbin at FArmers CAy Rescue And Towing Society They have a volunteer mission to help others on the water. The motto is "We never desert a sinking ship. " If they help you , there is a request that you buy a t-shirt or two and return the help to others in need. We are now OCa Fa CA Rats too . It was fabulous to talk with Terry he is a wealth of information about the Cays and shares it happily along with thought provoking philosophy.
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Hope you thawed out!
Hello dearest Maddigans,
Brendan's long lost buddy Dave here. He told me about the blog and I had to check it out. Great to hear that you're both doing so well. Just seeing your pictures makes me feel warmer (and drier...boo seattle). Believe it or not I only have about six weeks of med school rotations left before I'm done. Looks like there's a fair chance I'll be headed out to Boston to get my masters in public health next year! Yes, I am a professional student, but what the heck, the government keeps offering all this "free" loan money :) Anyhow, suffice it to say, you have a new subscriber to the blog. Happy sailing!
Dave
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