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CORRESPONDENCEthat the boat listing wasn’t theweight of intruders. But the nextsound I heard was hammering atour companionway doors and at thelock; clearly intruders were aboard,intending to enter.Grabbing my housecoat, Iscrambled to the pilot house,knocked loudly from the inside andshouted into the darkened doorway:“Get off the boat! Get OFF theboat! GET OFF THE BOAT!”I purposely kept the interiorlights off so they couldn’t see me –at 125 pounds I was hardly a matchfor four 180-pounders. Shockedthat someone was on the other sideof the doorway, they stepped backand off our boat. Once they werehalfway down the pier, I came outto the cockpit, my white housecoatsilhouetted against the moon andmy right arm extended with the sortof firm instructions you’d give traininga dog. At that point, Con pokedhis head out the companionwaydoor, “What’s all the noise? Whyare you shouting?”I looked at Con realizing that theintruders would have gotten insideif I wasn’t there. He and Albertinewould have slept right through theentire break in.I’ve replayed the situation inCorinth a number of times in myhead, hoping that like a fire drill,if we’re ever broken into whileaboard, our reaction would be secondnature. Living in a paranoidfashion is no fun, you miss seeingthe beauty of the real, honest peoplein the world. However, beingbroken into or attacked can wreckyou for a lifetime. While dockedat the town quay, public harbor,private marina, or at anchor, hereare some practical reminders:If it appears unsafe, leave. If youcan’t leave, lock your windows, setup a buddy system with a neighbor,and do what we do, hide your valuablesin an I-bet-you-can’t-find-itspot, and put some cash in a fakewallet in an obvious place.CAPE GEORGE MARINE WORKS, INC.Cape George 38Now also buildingthe Lyle Hessdesigned 28' BristolChannel and 22'Falmouth Cutters31' 34' 36' 38' 40.5' 45'1924 Cape George Rd. Port Townsend, WA 98368360.385.3412 www.capegeorgecutters.com26 OCEAN NAVIGATOR SEPTEMBER 2010 www.oceannavigator.com