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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
[Re: timmycs]
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06/05/2015 08:11 AM
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timmycs said: Also, if children are playing on one it's nice to have an available one for some peaceful dozing. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
[Re: Modi]
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06/07/2015 09:40 AM
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Often times in February, we had to "wait for our turn" to use the only raft. Just too many people who wanted to use it. They could definitely use more of them!!!
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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
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06/07/2015 08:41 PM
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Modi said: I hadn't given the idea of two rafts being a real necessity much contemplation, but some have raised some valid points... Here's a true tale of this part of the Caribbean that happened only yesterday that would have made two rafts appreciated.
During the prime time mid-afternoon a couple with a very long haired chocolate brown dog the size of a small bear (no exaggeration - a Newfoundland?) showed up on the beach. The poor dog looked extremely uncomfortable, sand laden, in the blazing sun of Orient Beach, after a while of roaming the beach they swam out to the main (and really only) raft with their Gentle Ben. They landed on the raft, got the dog aboard it and of course the dog shook itself dry, causing the two people that were on the raft to abandon ship immediately... and the bear-keepers then commenced to tie the raft up for at least a good hour or so thereafter entertaining their doggie. Awesome dog!! Close second in awesomeness to our dog at home. It was such fun watching them play on the raft!!!
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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
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06/11/2015 05:18 PM
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sxmbeachlover said: There is only one surviving raft at this time, and it floats a little uneven. I think we should take up a collection to buy a second one!!! And then there was NONE! Nada! Zilch! At the moment anyway! This afternoon they unhooked and pulled the one decent swim raft over to the Watersports area. I was in the water at the time and thought maybe it broke it's mooring, but the Watersports guy (who was mostly French speaking) told me that one of it's floats had taken on water, which was making it list and float lower and lower in the water, and that they were hauling it in to fix it.
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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
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06/12/2015 11:53 AM
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Must be from all those Sinko-de-raft incidents. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
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06/12/2015 05:07 PM
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They fixed the raft today. It was brought ashore by Watersports and flipped with the help of a bucket loader. It appeared to me that they replaced three of its four Follansbee Dock Floats - It's back on the water by Watersports tonight, probably being tested to make sure there are no issues, and awaiting it's ladder to be reattached.
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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
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06/13/2015 08:06 AM
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OMG, thank goodness!!!!! I can't imagine OB without at least one raft!!!
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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
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06/13/2015 06:23 PM
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Yes its back. They put it back this afternoon
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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
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06/28/2015 12:51 PM
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When we were there for 2 weeks earlier this month, the main raft was removed twice for repairs. The other smaller raft is really too far away to be of much use for most of the beach.
Robin & Ed
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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
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05/29/2016 07:16 AM
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Re: Club O Swim Rafts
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05/29/2016 11:32 PM
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That's great news that there are two again. A year ago, we were trying to put together a money drive to add the second one back!
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