The dock master directed us to the fishing grounds and we were under sail - my wife, Melinda, my daughter and myself.

They knocked on the door, and a portly, red-faced dock master greeted them.

The dock master let out a big belly laugh.

The portly dock master shook his head.

The brothers thanked the dock master, who led them to one of several dinghies he had tied at the dock.

"I seem to recall that he has," the dock master answered, scratching his head.

Thanking the dock master for his help, the four youths returned to the embassy.

And by the time he got word from the dock master that his mooring had come in, he was "between boats," he said.

Rick Muller, acting as dock master for the day, spotted it right away.

Residents belong to a homeowners' association and pay $600 a month for services that include a full-time dock master and a bartender.