Day 84 - Henry — Captain Father John

Miles cruised 0, fuel purchased 0, slip fee $133, daily high temperature 80*f feels like 86*f

Another sunny and hot day in Cayo Hueso. We get relief from the afternoon sun because our boat slip is in the shadow of the Galleon hotel after 2:00 pm. We have a great view of the outer harbor. Several large sailing vessels transit the area with loads of tourists. It is a grand sight to see full rigged schooners under sail.

Tony Forns cousin Henry Fuller picked me up at the hotel in his new Jeep Wrangler. We went on a tour of the new Key West Vietnam memorial. Henry was instrumental in getting the funding and construction of the memorial. Henry was a gunner on a Huey helicopter in Vietnam. Henry tells the story of landing in Huey with a new pilot. The Huey’s tent to swing back and forth as they land. In this case the chopper was swinging 10 feet from side to side. The edge of the runway was lined with claymore mines to keep the bad guys out. Henry noticed the chopper was about to land on top of a trip wire for a claymore and suggested the pilot lift off and try again. With all due respect.

Your local Key West Citizen Veterans wish to establish a Vietnam Living Memorial at Bayview Park to honor all individuals that were either born in Key West or lived in Key West, and served in Vietnam prior to the Vietnam War’s official end date of 30 April 1975.

Vietnam Veterans who moved to Key West after the above designated time period may be recognized by purchasing an engraved paver block which will be located directly on the Memorial Park.

Henry plays in a rock and roll band called the Bubbas. They will perform at Grunts on Friday and Saturday night. I will check them out.

Jj

There are schools of tarpon in the harbor and around our boat. Photo by Andy.

Carl (Chef) Wooden – quote of the day.

Bananas are bad luck on a boat.
This was started (allegedly) because a number of ships in the 1700s sailing between Spain and the Caribbean , carrying bananas, disappeared. Some astute sailors did the math and realized it was the bananas fault! Perhaps it was, but we believe that modern bananas have changed their ways and that it is now perfectly safe to sail your boat and have a banana at the same time.