Practical Boat Owner

Pitch and pot

As an albatross wheeled in lonely circles high above the square-rigged masts of Lady of Avenel I couldn’t help but ponder things larger than myself: the universe, nature, the miracle of flight, the fact that it might actually have been a pigeon, and how much alike are golf and sailing, apart from the fact that golf actually improves your dress sense. Contentious, I know, but true.

The sea air prompts the contemplation of such eternal

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