and then when you think you have seen it all.....!!

Ok, we have given you a ton of  "nature" over the last few weeks......so now it's "night life" instead.  Yes....more pirates!

We have decided the only real pirates are those that do not fly the flag....Alley Cat and our friends from Indiana do not fly the flag and yes, they are pretty crazy and wild!

Part 1:  Richard on his Privilege 39 just picked her up earlier this fall just north of Ft Lauderdale.  On route to Key Largo he managed to win two $10,000 lottery picks and has the paperwork to prove it.  He also went under the 56 foot bridge in Miami when his mast is 56 feet....yep the mast head light and antenna is history..  He had the bar in stitches one night, in his Austrian accent when he was bitten by a pitbull when everyone thought he was saying "poodle"!  His boat is a 1992 and has everything in the world on it.....he does not know how to sail and has NEVER even seen his mainsail!  He wants to sail around the world  but insists he won't do the Panama Canal as its for sissies...  So it's the Horn for this guy!!  We have a bet the boat will be in the same place a year from now.

Part 2:  Brandon and Kelsey from Indiana....we don't know the boat name as it's too small to have a name.  They trailered a Buccaneer 21 from Indiana down to Florida and have been in Key Largo for a few weeks.  Brandon customized the interior and cleaned her up and she looks great.  Problem one:  because the boat is  very small he decided to take out the walls to make more room.....yep.....they now have no bulkheads so the boat may implode someday.  They also have a compass but it's broken and no charts.  But he does have Irwin's cap given to him (our pirate friend from Elliott Key).  It's a good thing they are both working at Gilbert's.....they don't have to sail!!