Baja bored swimming

It is amazing what you can think and do when you are hot and bored. The boat was going very slow, I was very hot, and very bored. So were my sisters. We decided to do something about cooling off.

Swimming was always the first answer. But, since we were moving, we couldn't  swim. Unless ............................... We put on lifelines. My sisters and I strapped on to the transoms and plunged in to the cool/warm water. It is the most wonderful feeling. We were going 1/2 a knot and were being gently dragged forward by the boat. Of course, there was barely room for three girls on one bar so I was kicked to the other side.

I was fortunate enough to have the longest line. I tried twisting my leg around the line like the people in an acrobatic show and ended up face first in the water. I wasn't flexible enough.

Pretty soon, I heard Jaime scream. There were shouts of, "Shark, shark!" and a lots of splashing. 

When I cleared the water out of my eyes, I saw Jaime was screaming about a butchered looking seaweed. Poor thing.

When my lips were blue, I finally got out of the water and did my best to rinse off. No use, I was up to my hair in salt.I didn't sleep very comfortable that night I can tell you.

Mera Conger

s/v Don Quixote