Over 10 years ago, when we lived in Key West, we found a old plywood dinghy in the mangroves after a storm. No one claimed it, or even wanted it, except for a couple of kids that were always up to no good. We needed to clean / scrub the side of the boat and I thought it would work well for that. It was not much of a boat. The dinghy was just big enough for 2 and maybe a bag of potato chips if it was a small bag. It was so bad it was fun. Wife and I painted it up and named it the "Feliner."
At about happy hour time we would get a beverage, some soda crackers and Vienna sausages and take to the water in the Feliner and go to the other boats in the marina and ask for that French mustard the snobs like.We often got mustard and always good conversation. The second round of a beverage was also often provided.
We found that the Feliner would fit on the bow of the boat for storage. It turned out to be a useful craft in its own way. It always got comments like " will that float?" We also had many requests to use it to do little odd jobs.
After more than 10 years it did become unusable as a boat. So what to do with it? We set it on end and made it into a book shelf on the happy hour screen room. It now resides with the old outboard as nautical art.8-)
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