Ruminations and Rumblings of a Rambling Sailor
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"Well, I wish I had my camera when I went on the wharf to greet my daughter Bowey and her buddy Marilu, my new crew. They popped and bopped out of a friend’s car wearing platform shoes, skintight pants and Jiffy Pop Puff Daddy hats and so much stuff that I glanced about for a loading gantry. They were clearly psyched for sailing though and I merely guided all their ballast down through the forward hatch into the cabin where the girls would be hanging for several months. Fortunately I had removed all the lead ingots from up forward to be replaced with magazines and makeup, etc. I made the point that we would have to get at the anchor locker. Later I figured out that they must have manipulated that statement to mean, “As long as we can access the locker by pushing some stuff out of the way and climbing over other stuff.”
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About the Book
Certainly the quickest way to get from the cold waters of Maine to the warmer southern waters is to sail for Bermuda and continue south from there. In the fall, there’s a good chance of taking a beating though. On the other hand, the coastal and intercoastal routes provide an opportunity for a broad contrast of scenery and an interesting assortment of bays, rivers, sounds and harbors. It is also the route of preference for those of us who desire to meet interesting people and boats. This is the route the narrator chose.
About the Author
The author lives and works as a cabinetmaker on Eggemoggin Reach in mid-coast Maine. He is a graduate of Silvermine College of Art in Connecticut. He has an avid interest in local and sailing history, particularly of the U.S. East Coast.