s/vYOLO Day 238 Entry 0047 Party like a local 8.

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Posting Date:  Wednesday January 8, 2014   
Weather:       

Day 238 Entry 0047

Boot Key Harbor and Marina Mooring #W10  http://www.ci.marathon.fl.us/government/departments/marina-and-ports/

Actual Date:  December 31, 2013 Tuesday  

Subject:  Party like a local. 8

Captain Tony's is famous for another tree - the hanging tree!   Yes when expanding the bar they had to work around the Key West hanging tree on the left and the graves of those who were hanged on the right!    
https://www.google.com/search?q=captain+tony's+key+west+hanging+tree&num=20&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=AyXMUibEs5AHts-BsAk&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=652

But the best part (we think) is what goes on outside the bar!  Yes!  I am back in the gutter! Captain Steve being true to form takes me to the best places!   Yes I am back in the gutter!  The focus of this bar involves the fish above the sign and a quarter!  The last time we were there at Captain Tony's, it was about 1am on Sunday morning.  The parrot head group of us were returning to the Old Towne Manor when we walked past the bar.  There were about 20 people from a wedding - including the groom and bride  in full regalia along with groomsmen and bridesmaids out front.   Each member took turns standing in the gutter, with their back to the fish, attempting to through  a quarter into the fish's mouth.   Well a crowd gathered as various members of the wedding party tried to no avail including the groom.  Then it was the bride's turn, as 2 duityful bridemaids held the hem of her gown she stood poised with her hand over her head as the group counted down!  One, two three - she let it rip and the quarter landed right int he fish's mouth - didn't even touch the lips! Everyone on the street went wild!   Everyone in our group said that next time we wanted to try.  Well, we never made it back that time.  But we were there now!

A little background on the original owner and bar!   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tarracino 

http://www.keywestparanormal.com/Locations/CaptainTonysSaloon.html

Sea u later.  Party like a local 8.

s/vYOLO Swab's Log Blog Day 235 Entry 0044 Party like a local. 5

s/vYOLO You Only Live Once Swab’s Log Blog

Posting Date:  Sunday, January 5,  2014   Rainy and cool about 72 degrees. 

Day 235 Entry 0044

Boot Key Harbor and Marina Mooring #W10  http://www.ci.marathon.fl.us/government/departments/marina-and-ports/

Actual Date:  December 31, 2013 Tuesday  

Subject:  Party like a local. 5

Captain Steve started the dinghy and we took off.  We hadn’t gotten very far when the engine stalled!  GREAT!   Thinking that it might be a clogged filter or a dirty spark plug we rowed back to the boat.  Grateful, the wind was with us!  He checked the filter first thing, (the man loves his filters!)  And that was not the problem.  Moving on to the spark plug and that was not the problem.  Saving the best for last, now on to the carburetor!  Which means he has to remove the carburetor from the engine.  GREAT!  So I got news papers and a cardboard box to catch the gasoline that might drip from the carburetor.  (Yes I have some newspapers and cardboard boxes on board!  But I must say they have all been inspected and kept in a plastic bag, very tightly sealed!)   Well removing the carburetor while the outboard in attached to the dinghy transom, is not an easy thing to do!   I’ll use the word ‘precarious, to be polite!  There is no margin for errors!  So picture this:  Captain Steve is standing up in the dinghy, leaning over the outboard, with a tiny screw driver in one hand and with the other, holding on to the screws, nuts, bolts, washers and gaskets, so they don’t fall into the water!  All the while the dinghy is bobbing up and down by the wind, waves, and the wake of other boats and every few seconds bouncing into the swim platform as well.   

In the meantime I am on deck calling on my ‘go to girl’ praying he doesn't drop the carburetor or anything else into the water.   Since it has always been the case with me that the last thing checked it the culprit – yes it was the carburetor!  After an hour of dismantling and cleaning the carburetor, he was ready to get back in the dinghy and re install the nice clean carburetor!  Again I called on my ‘go to girl’ and now I prayed I would not drop the carburetor when I handed it to Captain Steve in the dinghy.  Neither of us dropped anything!  

While he took another shower, I said a big “Thank you!’ to my ‘go to girl’ as I picking up his tools and stuff! 

We got back in the dinghy, delayed but not defeated!

Sea u later!  Party like a local!  6