Me: Losing my mind for weeks due to little or no wind.
My wife: She has a new harness, she learned to jibe last fall, but WHERE are the warm summer Long Island winds she's been promised? The along came Saturday, with warm winds and an invitation to visit some good friends at Napeague.
We were in the van pronto.
Met up with Lili and Wilson and hit the water (me on a 6.2, Sally on a 5.5, L&W on similar.) It was beautiful...Napeague at its Napeague-iest...super flat water and smooth winds with nary a gust or lull (yeah I said "nary"...you wanna do something about it?) and the water was practically drinkable*.
We had a great time. Sally hit two jibes (her first non-Caribbean jibes) and I made a spectacular mess of some flip jibes and even hit a backwinded jibe or two. Lili and Wilson were looking good too, and before you know it the time had come to get off the water, admire a spectacular sunset with a glass of wine, and sit down to The Feast:
Scallop sashimi with olive oil and Hawaiian salt (ask Lili...it's red and it's fantastic)
Grilled Salmon
Some crazy good seaweed salad.
Washed down by fine white wine.
It was just about as good as it gets. I'll take Saturdays like this one any time! Big thanks to Lili and Wilson, and to their small but formidable daughters who tried to pinch the skin off of your editor with clam shells.)
*(I love the thermal magnet that is Hecksher, but if I've got to take a swig of sailing water Napeague is my brew.)
sounds sweet. one of these days I'm gonna have to make a trip up there and sail with you guys.
Posted by: George Markopoulos | July 21, 2008 at 09:29 AM
You're living the dream! Very few people have succesfully combined their windsurfing passion, a wife, family, friends, and scallop sashimi.
Posted by: scooper | July 22, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Wind, water, wife, wine, wholesome chow. Sounds wonderful!
Posted by: Andy | July 22, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Most of the thanks go to michael for the multiple sailing tips and tweaks, including some actual gear transfer that i forgot to give back. . . the perfect day indeed! (not to mention the great company of the M&S gang)
Posted by: wilson | July 30, 2008 at 03:17 PM