OK, so it's not Errol Flynn stuff, definitely no buccaneers in sight, and the north end of the beeyootiful Chesapeake Bay is not exactly the bounding main....
....nevertheless, a day cruise out of Annapolis on the good ship Woodwind, a staysail schooner with a meticulously friendly crew of 5, is a pretty good way to spend an afternoon on the water, under the hot sun, with a little spray in your face, and no particular inclination for time to pass quickly....
The westerly breeze was pretty stiff, the water more than slightly choppy, it wasn't exactly a thrilling dash, more of a steadily exhilarating escapade across the bay, tacking thus and so, giving the magic physics of sailing a good workout...
....until the approaching storm clouds moved our wary captain to head back to our berth, a bit early, but no one complained, we prudently kept dry and avoided the dubious thrill of failing to outrun the storm...
I'm a landlubber, no doubt about it, we were landlubbers all, no maritime history or heroes in our group, but we spent a marvelous hour on the Woodwind, it was an elementally good time....
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