Just a few years ago Massimo was my partner in crime on the water. We sailed together seemingly every weekend. Massimo is in fact the guy who unintentionally pushed me into winter windsurfing, when he called one Thanksgiving day to ask “If I buy a drysuit, will you sail with me this afternoon?”
I don’t remember how cold it was that day, but I remember we had a great session at Mecox. And so a windsurfing partnership was forged*.
So for a couple of years we sailed together whenever it blew. But then Mass got caught up with work and house renovations and children and golf (renovations…what was he thinking?) and by the time we got to last year, we sailed together all of once.
So when I received a one-word email (“windy?”) from Massimo on the morning of July fourth, I was on it. Stopped by his house to make sure he got into his van, and then hit the water at Sebonac Inlet. And while the wind was less than honking (we were planing on 7.0’s) it was an exquisite summer session…sunny warm air warm water…and of course Sebonac Inlet is perhaps the prettiest place to sail out east, if pretty is your thing. I saw a huge turtle...maybe two feet long...it was the largest critter I've ever seen on a Peconic bay.
But the main thing was getting Mass back on the water. Afterwards he proclaimed the session “awesome”.
I think he’ll be back for more.
(*apologies for “partnership was forged” such a tired phrase…but I was in a hurry.)
I wanted to say this when I first read it, "That was a nice story."
Posted by: Joe Rouse | July 11, 2009 at 01:36 AM
Thank you, Joe!
Posted by: michael | July 13, 2009 at 11:58 AM