Woody Allen said that 80 percent of success is showing up. Only 8 percent of our boats made it that far.
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We decided to spend the weekend on the boat.
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We took the week of Labor Day off to go sailing. Weather and various life events conspired to keep us from embarking on any grand sailing adventures, but we still spent a lot of time on the water.
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I love that sailing requires a certain amount of attention. I think it’s what makes it such a great escape from the day-to-day craziness for me.
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I’m not sure that the sun was up when we left the house. There are very few things that will get me out of bed early enough to see that electric blue pre-dawn sky, but sailing is one of them, and we were racing in the Jet Star Regatta.
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I always try to read the sky when I’m out there. I barely know anything about clouds, but I’m forever staring at them, attempting to correlate what I’m seeing with the conditions.
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I didn’t get to sail this weekend, but I spent a lot of time following (and not following) Rimas.
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After several weather-related delays, our club finally had the last race of the Summer Solstice Regatta.
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With Jen away for the weekend, I got to test out my skipper skills and share the sailing experience with some first timers.
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We wanted to do something a little different this weekend and decided to sail to Toms River.
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