Rocks on Board

A close family friend in Maine was a first-class lobsterfisherman, Everett Watts. I defy ANYBODY to come up with a more classic New England coast family name.

Anyway, this is about rocks.  Every year, Everett would run his lobster boat aground for its annual painting.  No harm at all - these guys knew where the good muck was.

The plan was have it lean to port one day, paint your little heart out, and on the next tide, lean it to starboard and, once again, paint your little heart out.

Exactly how do you get a 35 foot boat to lean as needed?  Rocks.

You piled them on the starboard side day one, and the port side day two.

I kid you not.