When Alex and I arrived at Bahia Del Sol after putting Reflections in the water, we were surprised to find that there was his dinghy--Blue Balls--with a motor on her waiting at the dock. Blue is a row boat that Alex had been using until he bought a new dinghy with a motor sometime last year. The motor was a '72 and blew up near the end of his trip so he had been expecting to use Blue Balls once he returned again since he couldn't use the new dinghy without a motor. Looking into the matter further turns out that Blue Balls had been sold.
Really??!!
The new owner was very nice, if slightly embarrassed, and offered to pay Alex instead of the "seller" that shall remain nameless. Alternatively, he also offered to taxi us or to take off the motor for Alex to have a row boat while things got sorted out. This was all needless since Alex got himself a 15 HP, 2 stroke Yamaha in town a couple of days later. Yesterday to be exact. He is very happy with his new toy--our new car--and brags about being able to plane with four people. He is also very proud of himself for getting a free ride back from San Salvador and two beer cozies thrown in with the purchase. Since she's such a fancy motor we've got our t-shirt on her to keep her cool as is custom in El Salvador....
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