A needful read, an accomplishment of note, and in the “dropped hard & lost” department…
This morning greeted me with yet another charter-connected business that was pulling up stakes and leaving. It reminded me of a sign from Seattle in bygone ages…
“Will the Last Person Leaving SEATTLE — Turn Out the Lights”
Apparently, last time I heard, the lights continue in Seattle. That said, as Boeing repeats it spiral down the ceramic bowl, there yet may be a time that sign pops up again.
While there’s no floating billboards down here in America’s paradise, it does convey a mental picture…
“Will the Last Person Leaving the USVI — Turn Out the Lights”
Fact is, there are a lot of reasons folks are leaving. For starters, being a place that people do not want to visit and those who do can no longer afford to, makes it fairly problematic. You know, the whole downside of being a pariah country makes it a hard-to-sell tourist destination.
There are a bunch of other reasons that the charter industry is about to fall on hard times but, they mostly involve greed and a general loss of vision. In other words, it’s become just about the money.
We’ll continue to fight the good fight and beaver away doing it old school providing a service that we get a lot of satisfaction from. For us at least, selling fun has always been our prime directive.
So it goes…
there is a quote:
“New York has always been going to hell but somehow it never gets there.”
— Robert M. Pirsig
Tell me that is not a concertina folding type patio door on the front cabin of that cat…..please!
Hey Ian,
That would be sorta like a screen door on a submarine. But no, it is not a concertina door. Still a front facing door on a sailboat is sorta/kinda dumb. Welcome to the world of condomarans.
Crikey, I wonder how that boat trims with that lounging area full of water and how long it takes to drain once the cushions block it?
It is what it is i guess, made for a purpose, at least the door has a decent looking gasket and compression handles. If it was an aft cockpit, i would have almost zero issues!