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Memory Lane
It’s been a couple decades since I dug out my old log I keep while crewing on a 52’ ketch designed by Samuel Crocker in Kennebunkport ME, from Ft. Lauderdale to San Francisco. So much forgotten and fun to refresh the memory on the good and bad of the trip, which started in 1975. I’m up to day 28, when we dropped anchor in Colon Panama, while waiting on customs and working on details to get a pilot and additional crew on board to transit the canal. One thing I never forget was how clueless the owner was about sailing, which was ironic as he bought a beautiful sailboat to spend his retirement on. Best stop along the way by far to this point was Jamaica, the worst was Gitmo in Cuba, after Captain Nit Wit (our nick name for the owner) didn’t take on enough water and food to allow for light winds for days on end forcing us into his old posting to stock up.
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