Welcome to our newest owner, Rita Mirabelli of San Antonio. Just a few weeks ago I was showing her 203 and now she is the owner. We hate to say goodbye to Gus and Rosemary. They were great friends. I'm sure they will come back and rent on occasion. I do understand that Rita will continue to host our longtime winter guest in 203.
Joe(709) had a pretty forgettable start to this week. He purchased a beautiful boat to allow him to fish offshore to bring back big catches like he has seen posted here. He was over at Cove Harbor where had stored the boat when he accidentally dropped his cars keys in six feet of water. He left his car and boated over here to the marina. Unknown to him as a new owner, the boat had a leak. Overnight, while tied up in the marina, the boat took on a ton of water. Larry noticed it when he came to work and immediately turned on the bilge pump. The bow of the boat was pointing upward and the water was up to the cowling just below the power head of the big four stroke Yamaha. It took four hours to pump out the water. Joe said he knew the spot where the keys went down and I told him I have a ten pound magnet that will pick up most any metal object on the bottom. He took the magnet and headed to Cove Harbor. No luck. The tide was out and he couldn't get out of our channel. He waited for high tide at 4pm and made it out. In his words the magnet worked "remarkably well". He found the keys right away, left his boat for repair and drove his car back to Kontiki.
Long time owners continue to be amused when the rumor that I am against all rental activity refuses to die out. I checked my records and for this summer I have referred friends who rented ten different condos, most from independent owners. This little community always has some rumors out there, but this one is being repeated by folks who have little history with our property. Oh well, you can't win'em all. Most times you can't even break even.