Windy Saturday

Today teams posed with their fish.

We just went outside to check on the final results of the fishing tournament, and discovered that our door mat had blown away.  The wind picked up this afternoon and is moving Aunt Aggie around a bit.

The tournament finished.  Boats had to be in the harbor by 4:00 pm.  We went down to watch the weigh-in at 3:00 and saw a bigger crowd than yesterday.  There were more children and pretty young women, dressed up, in the crowd - all waiting for Daddy to come home from fishing?  After their fish was weighed, the boats pulled to the side and washed off.  Groups of pelicans sat in the water by the boats, grabbing extra bait fish being tossed.

More details:  $20,000 for the winner; $9,000 for second place; $5,000 for third (money for the pros).
There were 72 boats yesterday and 62 today.  Some were pro, some were amateur, and some were in the junior division.

The giant fish from yesterday was out on display again today:  78.66 pounds.  Small children came up to look in the box and touch the ice packed around him/her.  That team did win, but we don't know what size fish they brought in today.  We'll have to report on that tomorrow.

We have another beautiful yacht at the marina, Freedom, a 1926 era ship from Newport, RI.  We heard that it was purchased for $100 and completely restored.  Here's a vimeo link to the boat:  http://vimeo.com/10210862

We walked over and looked at Freedom during a lull in the weigh-ins.

A good sized yacht near us is Cattitude.  It's been here the whole month, and I had wondered how to pronounce the name.  I met the owner yesterday, and he said it emphasizing the word "Cat."  He has four cats onboard.  He said they do great and stay aboard and also come out on the decks.  A couple of days ago one cat was startled and fell off into the water.  Luckily, he heard her fall and saw her swimming beside the boat.  He ran out with a towel for her to climb up.  We had read that leaving out a towel or swim noodle will give a cat a way to pull back onto a boat.  I hope I will spy his cats as I walk by Cattitude.