The sun shone and the wine and beer flowed. We finally got round to having the dinghy naming party and it turned out to be a reasonable day weather-wise. Plenty of people turned up and a great time was had by all. I think we ended up with 30+ on board and consequently the bow had lifted about six inches out of the water. I suggested that we try and see if we could get everyone on the dinghy but no-one seemed interested!
The dinghy was duly named "Grand Slam Too" to commemerate Wales' second Grand Slam win in far too few years. We had to borrow another welsh flag (off John - another welsh ex-pat up here in the frozen north) as the scottish one was a bit big.
Pam had found a helium cylinder in Costco a couple of days earlier so we had decorated the boat and dinghy with balloons. The instructions said to inflate them a couple of hours before the party which seemed a bit strange. Little did we realise why. At least a quarter of them went bang!!!!! with the sound of a rifle shot - not good for the heart if you were standing within a hundred yards of the boat. Obviously the heat of the sun was inflating them above their limit.
So we are now in the final throws of getting the boat ready to go Friday. All that is left is getting the provisions on board and getting the drinks cabinet fitted (ETA now when we are over in Oban).
Thanks to all who turned up on Sunday - now what else do we need to do before Friday........?
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