...~~^*&&& &&&*^~~...
.~~^^^$&@@ @@&$^^^~~.
....~~^*&& &&*^~~....
.~~^*$&@## ##@&$*^~~.
...~^**$&@ @&$**^~...
...~~~^*$@ ok at this point i am ready to believe. @$*^~~~...
.~~^*$&@## it would be so easy to let go and start ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&@## to take in water. the boat would be ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&@## submerged in minutes, a small list at ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&@## first but once enough sea has poured ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&### in, it would be quick. the boat on its ###&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&&@@ way to the bottom. rope and bins @@&&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&@## floating. ##@&$*^~~.
.....~*$$& &$$*~.....
.~~^*$&@## anyway - i'm fairly certain that the ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&@## spots move. they're insects or ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^*$$$&# something. when i'm not looking, they #&$$$*^~~.
.~~^$&@### shift, they crawl, they grow and ###@&$^~~.
.~~*$&@### shrink. they congregate ###@&$*~~.
.~~^*$&@## ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^^^$$$& (i'm thinking, i should get a tattoo &$$$^^^~~.
....~^^*&& gun, draw circles around them. to show &&*^^~....
.~~^*$&@## that they do indeed migrate across the ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&@## skin. (or, the circles would trap them, ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&@## like salt)) ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&### ###&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&@## ##@&$*^~~.
....~^*&&# #&&*^~....
.~~^*$&@## ##@&$*^~~.
.~~^*$&@## ##@&$*^~~.