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Years ago, probably 35 at least, a friend of mine, who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty, and I decided that since we lived in this gorgeous community with the bay and the Gulf practically at our back door, we should really learn to sail. So we signed up for sailing classes with the Luffing Lassies out at City Island.

On our first day out we received instructions as to the handling of the pram and we set out to prove our seaworthiness. We both did fairly well for our first attempt until we were approaching the dock and my friend made an error in judgment and slammed into the dock dismasting her pram. Needless to say, our first day of sailing lessons was also our last day of sailing lessons.

Life is/was good.

Photo Credit: Lillian Burns Collection