The port of La Sabina has been extended and modernised in the last couple of years and is home to many a fancy yacht.

I felt like a poor relative as I made my way past the fancy yachts and speedboats bobbing in the choppy waters of the harbor.

The famous fathers carted their babies onto a fancy yacht and even had pint-size lifejackets for the little ones.

Take a day trip to the cluster of nearby islands by junk (fancy yachts these days) or, for a fascinating, if challenging adventure, travel by train or boat into mainland China (visa required).

It's easy to spot greenhorns: they're the ones in fancy yachts stranded at low tide.

See a fancy yacht anchored out there, you don't know if it's coming from Tampa or Timbuktu.

And then there was the fancy presidential yacht that was supposed to ferry the dignitaries up and down the river for evening soirees.

"Son, when you're as old as I am, you see there are a lot more things in life than owning a fancy yacht and a jet plane."

In the summer there were a lot of fancy yachts that fastened up for days or weeks at a time, but in the fall and winter, not many boats came into Point Baker.

It will require some mental adjustment to replace the blue collar with the green necklace, the image of tug boats and longshoremen with a new picture of fancy yachts and Sunday strollers.