The Sinking of Joanne's Song

Well things were all set up to take a boat trip tomorrow, and everyone but Oliver and I would be returning to the mainland. One tiny event kinda put the kebosh on that plan... the boat sank. Like- filled with water, everything floating away, bailing like mad people in surf up to our necks- sank. So we just got back from doing that and no one is talking much. Pretty glum team today. It's hard to say how it happened, but the last time it did (yes it sank once before) there was something about the rope to the anchor not being long enough... I don't really know. The bummer was, besides the fact that the boat SANK, it was full from our boat trip yesterday, full of lumber and other building supplies that we were going to unpack on the high tide tonight. So once we all ran out to the beach, all this wood was washing away and we had to run in after it. I don't know if any of you guys have tried to pick up sheets of plywood in the surf, but it is a bad idea. I think I got knocked over once for every two boards I rescued. And being in the ocean up to your chest... I now know why they call hip boots "suicide boots".

Anyhow, so that's what's happening here today. Everyone is safe, no one was on the boat when it sank or anything, and we just have to wait for the high tide to see if we can salvage the motors etc.

`Danielle