The woes of being sloppy

Today's the day on which we plan to load all boats onto the trailer.

To do so, you need lots of straps to secure them - that is, if you wish to move the trailer with the boats w/o losing them immediately.

Unsually all clubs have loads of straps.
So does ours.
Well...

most of the time.

A few weeks ago, we began to miss the box that was home to the  huge ravel of straps - including the straps themselves.

They never came back. Probably they moved to another club where they hoped to feel more valued?

Looks like we have been too laid-back about this issue. I had not realized one could actually be TOO LAID BACK!
But
We may have crossed the line between laid-backness and sloppiness. Dang!

To make the long story short, we will not be able to load the boats for our Whitewater-trip unless we can activate enough members to come and offer their own straps.

Local shops failed to provide us with much-needed equipment (3 hardware stores, 2 outdoor-stores and a sports-supermarket - big fail. 3 straps at best available)

We may have to postpone the work until Friday and start an expedition first that will provide us with enough material to tie down some 22 boats...

Only time will tell

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Captain Ducky, bane of the rivers, has his own strap, but refuses to share :(