George Town - The Margaritaville Theorem

I have a theory about alcohol and live music: the likelihood of a person being able to sing on-key is inversely proportional to the amount of alcohol consumed by said person. As proof, I offer one word: Karaoke.

Friday evening most of the George Town cruising community gathered at St. Francis Marina for pizza and karaoke. We went for the food, but stayed for the fun. The karaoke was run by one of the other boaters. They actually tote the karaoke setup around with them from anchorage to anchorage. I guess a karaoke machine could be considered "essential equipment" for some. When we got there, the party was in full swing. Cruisers were flocked around the bar, waiting for their turn to sing. There was a profusion of Jimmy Buffet, Elvis, and country songs. A few of the performances were even good. But most...well, most adhered to my Margaritaville Theory. One guy sang Frank Sinatra's "My Way", and the great thing was that English was obviously not his first language. The entertainment value of that performance was off the charts, a classic. With beers costing $4 apiece, I estimated it would've cost us $40 just for me to get the nerve to get up there. So I didn't sing. It goes without saying that Kevin didn't sing, either. But we had a nice time, met a few new people including another couple in their 30's who are from Southern California.

We are still waiting on parts (watermaker and propeller) and our mail is being shipped to us. So we will probably stick around here for at least another week. Hopefully both parts get here by then! We told a fellow cruiser that the guy who ordered our propeller said it would be in by Tuesday or Wednesday. The other cruiser quipped, "Yeah, but did he say which week?".