The Kindred Spirit

The socal (Southern California) conference has been the scene of an amazing ongoing narrative by a user named (duca), and his adventures living aboard a boat named THE KINDRED SPIRIT in the San Diego Bay. It all started back on November 18th of last year, when (duca) posted a gonzo-style dialogue in a quiet "live aboard in San Diego" topic whose previous response was dated October 1996.

Ever since November, (duca)'s stories have ruled "socal". In the past few weeks, he's been moving from one marina to the next, using every trick in the book to find ways to live aboard his boat even in marinas where live-aboard is verboten. Today's posting suggests the marina's on to him. It's going to be interesting to see how this unfolds.

What's really remarkable about (duca)'s writing is how vivid and spicy the dialogue is with all the crusty characters he encounters on the water. Either he's making it up, or he has a) a gift of phonographic memory, remembering everything that was said that day. It's like a Fear and Loathing on San Diego Bay crossed with The Old Patagonian Express. I once posted a reply asking him, exactly how does he get such vivid dialogue? How does he remember it all? Tape recorder, or vivid memory? Never got a reply...

Posted by brian at April 13, 2004 10:22 PM | TrackBack

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