Just in case you’re wondering; minus the mast, measured from keel to cabin ventilators, the K5 is almost three stories tall. She is nearly thirty fe...et. When stored for the winter, the boat would be lifted completely inside the house, with steel beams and decking laid so the boat could remove tension on the canvas and rubber lifting straps. Adding the five or so feet to keep the boat out of the icy water and the necessary breathing room at the cabin top the boathouse was easily 40 feet tall. The. So out you go. Seeyou next week."Dr. Masterson prods me out the door back into the waiting room.Fortunately there is nobody there. I am stunned that she ends thesession so abruptly. As time passes, I realize how deeply in trance Iam. As I come out of it, I realize my pants and shoes are in thedoctor's office.I feel scared to knock on her door. There's nobody in the waiting room,so I know there isn't another patient in there, yet it still feels verywrong to intrude past my appointment time.. "I buy that. I bet there wasn't a soul in that bar who didn't want to get you flat on your back." Including you?"The was a pause before Billie replied. "Including me."Sally didn't say a thing, she could feel the reefer doing its thing. Outside, the golden moon was near full, craters visible on its craggy surface. She took a deep breath. How long had it been, since she'd kissed a girl? Probably back in high school, in the woods at band camp, with Peggy Wilkerson. They had only a few minutes. It was brave of her, to launch into it so soon. In the sixties, girls made men wait. But this was different. They had already been Rob and Laura for three months. So it wasn’t really bravery, it was this demanding need to know what Rob and Laura had, to have it for real. She was twenty-three and she knew two things: if she did it she’d regret it, but if she didn’t do it she’d regret that even more. That first time, oh, it was good. All the kisses, touches, soft affectionate words Rob and Laura.