9/29/2003
Dominique learns to not only sail a ship but to do a bit of knitting and lobster cooking too.
As I walked across the runway (yes walked) and up to the plane at Boston's Logan Airport, the steward warned me to watch my head. Watch my head? I'm barely five feet tall - so much for my fleeting thought that the seventh row must be near the front of the plane - try the second row from the back....
9/29/2003
Dominique learns to not only sail a ship but to do a bit of knitting and lobster cooking too.
The next morning we raised the anchor fairly early and set sail. I felt the need to try my hand at raising the anchor and I got quite a workout. It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "pumping iron." Literally, you pump up and down on a pulley system to haul the anchor up and it takes more...