Barnacle Bill Magazine March 2016 issue 3 | Page 22

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Don’t desert your boat, she’d never desert you. (This is a play
on a famous Spanish campaign to stem the amount of pets that are
abandoned by the roadsides in Spain, particularly during the summer holidays.)

How many boats sit unused in marinas and dinghy parks unloved and forlorn?
Though the weather’s been so bad this winter I suspect Scratch and Selkie are afraid
I’ve abandoned them.