Dry Tortugas whimsy

It's always so cool to meet up with other sailors from wherever in the world and become friends. And so it goes at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. There were mono-hulls, a few catamarans, and trawlers that would come and go. And a foursome of sailboats that seemed to jell over all the others including yours truly, Iemanja.

Maggie M took the tools of her favorite past-time and went to shore for the day. We all stopped by around 4pm or so to see what she was up to. Lo and behold, the artist rendered this beautiful watercolor painting of the foursome in the bay off Fort Jeff. The rest of the boats didn't matter, some details are caricature-ized, the foreground birds are without their pilons because, as she said, the painting is about the boats, not the birds. The water is whimsical as are the boats, but some details prevail. Ernie's turquoise T-shirt, the two-toned mainsail cover, the dual masts aft on Ie for the wind-generator and the radar, and more.

That's Maggie's boat in front of Iemanja, it's a Cheoy Lee Bermuda 30. Love this sailboat. Joe and Tiffany's boat far left, and Kurt and Jane's boat far right...

Love Maggie's work.. and she and husband John have a bed and breakfast in Watkins Glen NY. In her previous life, she was a professional artist with gallery.