Mortality and Bertram 31's as a medical device
Posted: Mar 10th, '20, 14:40
Sitting here today not far from the site of our country's first COVID-19 outbreak my thoughts turn to mortality (mine) and the hope that spring (still a rumor here) followed by summer boating season are not far off.
The virus has transmuted from the tragic Kirkland nursing home across the lake to a skilled care facility just a few blocks from us and also the nearby UW Medical Center where I had my PT appointment last week. Good work Doug, go to get your shoulder loosened up and die from coronavirus. My guess is its likely being spread by a healthcare supply vendor making the rounds delivering clean linen or other supplies blissfully unaware they are infected. Health authorities issue the advice to practice social distancing (Seattle already does that anyway) and for those over 60 to self isolate. I've owned Amberjack for 25 years so you can do the math on that.
The idea of spending the next however many months confined to my house has limited appeal because after the weeds are pulled and the lawn mowed and edged to perfection things are going to get boring. Fortunately I (and most of you) have an ideal quarantine device sitting at the dock not far away. Amberjack is back together with salon floor boards trimmed and fit, and new settee upholstery installed last Friday. I plan to load him up with two or three cases of wine, fishing gear (crab pots!), my girlfriend (AKA wife, deck boss), add a hundred or so gallons of newly inexpensive diesel and turn north at the Shilshole Bay entrance buoy. Perhaps the Canada border will still be open to us, especially since they know AJ is such a reliable Canadian fuel dock customer. If not there are snug harbors in the San Juan Islands accessible only by by boat and I know them.
So if I survive until June look for me to be anchored in one of those harbors sitting in the sun in the cockpit of my Bertram 31 reflecting on my happy condition and the good decision to buy a Bertram 31 all those years ago.
The virus has transmuted from the tragic Kirkland nursing home across the lake to a skilled care facility just a few blocks from us and also the nearby UW Medical Center where I had my PT appointment last week. Good work Doug, go to get your shoulder loosened up and die from coronavirus. My guess is its likely being spread by a healthcare supply vendor making the rounds delivering clean linen or other supplies blissfully unaware they are infected. Health authorities issue the advice to practice social distancing (Seattle already does that anyway) and for those over 60 to self isolate. I've owned Amberjack for 25 years so you can do the math on that.
The idea of spending the next however many months confined to my house has limited appeal because after the weeds are pulled and the lawn mowed and edged to perfection things are going to get boring. Fortunately I (and most of you) have an ideal quarantine device sitting at the dock not far away. Amberjack is back together with salon floor boards trimmed and fit, and new settee upholstery installed last Friday. I plan to load him up with two or three cases of wine, fishing gear (crab pots!), my girlfriend (AKA wife, deck boss), add a hundred or so gallons of newly inexpensive diesel and turn north at the Shilshole Bay entrance buoy. Perhaps the Canada border will still be open to us, especially since they know AJ is such a reliable Canadian fuel dock customer. If not there are snug harbors in the San Juan Islands accessible only by by boat and I know them.
So if I survive until June look for me to be anchored in one of those harbors sitting in the sun in the cockpit of my Bertram 31 reflecting on my happy condition and the good decision to buy a Bertram 31 all those years ago.