Well we arrived at Catalina just in time for the festivities, =>anchoring in 4.5' of water with fore and aft hooks to stop us from =>swinging due to room, we're the closest boat to shore and at low tide =>had a couple of inches of water under us.>>Now imagine, 50 year old guys with pot bellies doing their best to =>look like Johnny Depp! I talked to one guy who had more makeup on his =>eyes than his wife. He informed me that I had to try the Buffalo Milk, =>the local drink only made on Catalina,lots of booze mixed with ice, =>milk, whipped cream then topped with nutmeg and Kahlua, a couple can =>be lethal, three can be down right fun.>>We took a little break from the festivities to return to the boat and =>have dinner (wise move). Later at 9.30 in the dark we managed to =>negotiate the kayaks to the dinghy dock, with the logic of it's only =>two feet deep if we fell out we could just walk to shore, so off we =>went hiking across the Isthmus to Two Harbors to catch up with the =>party, when we got there we we're way behind.>>The dinghy dock on the other side had about 100 dinghies tied up and =>the later folks wanted to get on the dock. Drunks in dinghies should =>be an Olympic event some would go slow and try to part the dinks =>already there then tie to the dock, some would just floor it and =>bounce off the other dinks until they couldn't go any further, then =>climb over what was left to the dock. Remember these folks are shit =>faced and watching them trying to climb over moving dinghies was =>hilarious. One poor lady had a few too many Buffalo Milks and after =>her boyfriend helped her down the ramp she climbed in the dink very =>lady like, on all fours skirt up around her waist and her ass sticking =>up like a stink bug. I of course wanted to illuminate her underwear =>with my flashlight but Linda said you could already see clearly.>>We returned to the deck to watch the pirates and wenches all dance. We =>decided to call it and night and save ourselves for Sat evenings =>festivities which we're told gets really wild. We will return to the =>dinghy dock Sat night as that was one of the most entertaining things =>we have seen in a while.>>On the scene at Cat Hbr, Pirate Rob & Wench Linda>>PS I had decided to grow my beard for this party and go as Greybeard, =>but when I looked in the mirror I looked like Santa in a pirate =>costume! it's just all white.>