The DIOGENES(Ben's second greatest love)(from p. 39 of novel) I locked up my bike, unlocked my little dinghy and rowed out past the spoil islands to the "Price is Right Anchorage" where the Diogenes was faithfully riding on anchor. The Diogenes is the Cheoy Lee ketch I rescued five years ago. At $10,500 for thirty-six feet, my seagoing apartment compares favorably with a studio condominium apartment. The maintenance costs are lower.
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The Jamcill
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Picture is courtesy of the City of Miami. |
Reflection on the DIOGENES(from p. 40 of novel) How many nights had I spent gazing out over the stern, sailing on anchor just as now? At the northern extreme of the swing was Westley's Faire Isle condominium complex. On the southern extreme of the swing, glowed the halo of the tourist drag in the "Coconut Grove Business District". Between the two extremes, rose a peculiar office building with twenty-storeys of receding terraces, planted with shrubs and trees. It looked like the ruin of a Mayan temple.
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