Maamalni - Suwarrow #2 - Patent pumps and how we earned one of our reputations.

Arrival in Suwarrow requires that crew dinghy into the beach and register with the caretaker John Samuels. However we were on the boat for a full day prior to making the trek. It seems that we needed some typical "shore-leave" activities of a drink and laughing but what with visits from several of the other boats we just passed out cocktails on board and didn't crawl into the beach until the next day. Well, with cocktails, cocktails and more cocktails, Suzan went below to put on music in the cockpit and as many of the tunes were danceable, somebody brought to attention 'Fred and Ginger' -  Ginger who could dance all the steps backwards and in 4 inch high heels. Whereupon Michael went aft and reappeared with Suzan's 5-inch black patent stiletto pumps - Woo Hoo, let the dancing begin! And the guests did just that. The dance floor on a 52-foot sailboat with sum total of 192 square feet of living space, which is fully occupied with beds, seats, storage lockers, tanks, head, shower, galley and a bar, the remaining floor area is quite small. The dancing began in the main salon with several people doing dips, whirls and twirls can you shake it up baby? The dancing party quickly grew and expanded to the foredeck, whereupon several of the dancing tarts had to try out the heels. Needless to say more cocktails were furnished and a good time was had by all. Whereupon we earned our reputation of the only people in the fleet who held their dances in stilettos.