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Originally posted by Rorschach
I was at Flynn's Friday and Saturday night. Definitely a bad storm - I went out at about 2 to check the lines and it was really bad. Fortunately I was on the inside (just made the cut off) but the people outside got crushed.
Speaking of which: my wife is out with me while I'm checking the lines and all of a sudden she yells "Someone is in the water!" pointing to the basin. There are really large waves in there and the few boats anchored in there were getting thrown around really bad. I can't see a thing except for during the lightning, and sure enough I see a guy in the water, middle of the basin near one of the boats. So I start screaming "Are you ok! Are you ok!" and he says "Yeah - I'm fine - I love this sh*t!" It is clear the guy is off the reservation. He yells that he is trying to fend off another boat whose anchor is dragging (actually they were all dragging). I was sure he was going to die. So I tie together a few lines and a life preserver and throw it to him and (after 9-10 tries) we get his boat tied off to the dock. Turns out he was a nice guy and was a bit wasted (as we all were) and he was trying to save his 1961 boat from getting destroyed. Good MOB drill. I guess. Is it like this at Flynn's every weekend?
As an aside, the food and service were good and and the view of the sunset spectacular. Max LOA inside is 42, cost was $200 per night with a $100 meal credit. Definitely less of a family destination but we had a lot of laughs -
Vic