About Reefer
Um, yes. When I named by sailboat, 1976, I was known to engage in some =
illegal smoking. We all did. Thus: REEFER. Oddly, I was never boarded to =
the USCG for the name of my boat. However, when I would call for a radio =
check on Channel 16 I would get back: =93Reefer, got you loud and clear, =
Tampa Bay. Is the name of your dinghy =91Roach?'=94 Didn=92t have a =
dinghy. And, coming back from Cuba the last time I sailed down there, I =
was inspected by US Customs in Key West. Nice officer said, =93Interesting=
name for a boat you have there, Mr. Stinemetz.=94 I grinned and said,=94 =
Take a look at that.=94 I had a 1960s roach clip, with the peace sign =
soldered into the design, in a shadow box on the bulkhead. The Label on =
the box said =93IN CASE OF EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS. Customs officer, =
smiled and, looking at me, said, =93Man, that=92s a work of art.=94 =
Thems were the good days.