Recycling!

The two boats rafted together

After the barge came in another boat came in and they needed to raft up to us.  As the wind was pushing us both on the wall we felt our fenders might not be up to the task.  In Japan everyone has these large styrofoam fenders.  We asked one of the fisherman if we could buy them here.  He said Nagasaki.  Whoops that wasn't going to do us much good.  Anyway we started hunting around and the fisherman came to us and asked through a translator how many we wanted.  I said one or two he said get in his van and we would go search the beaches for some washed ashore.  A bit dubious but at the second beach we found lots of pieces that we could use to make up two fenders.  We then used an old banner we had carried with us from the GTA regatta we acted as committee boat and we made up two fenders.

Tying The Foam Pieces Together

Putting On the Covers