Pirates!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Upon entering the Boca Grande Inlet, we tip toed through the ICW channel markers in the black of night, not a moon to be seen... The dark waters mixed with the sky. We passed between even darker bodies of land... And like statues in an old garden, channel markers would suddenly come into vision, sometimes a little unexpectedly...
The current pulling us swiftly as the anticipation to drop anchor grew...
Then, suddenly, in the dark of the night, two pirates in a small air filled ship were upon us. In a flash they slammed their hull into ours and before weapons could be raised, one of the pirates was upon our deck! We found ourselves seemingly overtaken by many as our eyes were quickly blind folded and we were forced from the helm. The second pirate, still in the air ship, with depth pole, slowly and cautiously, led us into the secret cove...
Upon tying SV Athena to their main ship, we were among friends ;)
And, in the morning, we found ourselves in a beautiful hidden protective cove.
Although, as one can see from the pics, we were hardly alone. The cove itself is not actually hidden, for it can be seen on the charts, however, it is difficult to enter for a deep draft boat, and most do not make the attempt to enter in the dark of night....
The pic shows a large raft-up of 13 sailboats!! The Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society (kinda a strange name for a sailboat group...). SVs Athena and Blue Highway are in the far left of the pic, separate from the chowder society, tucked into one corner of the cove. We have met this society previously at another favorite spot, Panther Key!