Man. Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I walked in feeling like a tourist and walked out after being likened to a lying, destructive, attempted murderer.
Apparently being inquisitive in Bob's marina can get you in hot water with the Mean Lady behind the counter. After inquiring about a 16' Carolina Skiff for rent the next day and asking apparently all the wrong questions the Mean Lady suddenly shot her head up and proclaimed "I'm not gonna rent you one of my boats! I know what you're a gonna do with it!" Hmm, for a second there, so did I.
Now however, I was going to take the boat into the lower portions of Tom's Cove (Not allowed). Beach the boat and destroy the prop (Also, not allowed), Go clamming (Also, not allowed because duh! you're going to beach the boat and ruin the prop!!!)
On top of that I was going to be like other customers who pulled knives out and demanded their (credit card held) $150.00 security deposit be returned. All this after selling me a very nice quality filet knife, discounted 10% for some reason and heavily wrapped in cast plastic, probably to prevent the all to often tourist from going ballistic on the Mean Lady.
I'm sure Capt. Bob's Marina is a decent place and everybody has a bad day. I just happened to step in when somebody needed to be called out as a lying, destructive, attempted murderer. read more