Tuesday 15 September 2020

Eschewing good sense and risking hypothermic collapse we, each and every member of the crew except me, have decided to spend a few days in Boston enjoying the sights while spending a rather impressive amount of funds to moor just offshore from the historic district, then (this is where unanimity comes a cropper) dash up to Bar Harbor, Maine, winds allowing, for an indeterminate length obsession to see that undoubtedly beautiful coast, where temperatures will go as low as 5C at night with highs occasionally no greater than 11. While a bit nippy for this little wood duck, adventure knows no bounds short of freezing one's noogies off. Original idea was to let cold chase us back south. As a now cast aside formulation, getting caught was at one time considered inappropriate.

Anyone not just now stumbling onto this site may have noticed a diversion into political observation. While the prime directive states this is for my personal amusement and "is not travelogue, cruising guide or philosophical exploration of anything in particular, merely random musing of a slightly twisted mind", it is nevertheless a sailing blog and may have gone slightly beyond its commission. At risk of making excuse, this is partly due to somewhat enforced minimal activity and having little of more interest that is ironic, hypocritical or about which to be skeptical (as differentiated from the current nearly ubiquitous cynicism). For those who take exception (for example Barb who was hopefully not terribly offended by unsympathetic comments about Jeep (I have agreeably owned two), for which she has great affection) and don't wish to laugh at their own (and my) foibles, please either skip alerts or find more congenial material. Although the relentless perspective is individualistic, a concept currently out of favor as opposed to collectivistic, there is no desire to either instruct or offend. It's strictly meant as entertainment for me and for anyone who cares to look.

Human beings, unique in their ability to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic are also remarkable in their disinclination to do so.
- Inspired by Douglas Adams

Jack & Jan