Gail and Bob take three-day weekends from his law practice, where she used to be his paralegal, traveling the East Coast among three conferences to do the games. They have also traveled Europe extensively. “Now that I’m in the replay booth, I make $1,040 per game. That barely covers expenses, but this is my life.” Then he added, This is my sailing.” At top speed, for him.
Back on the football field, I was curious how the officials avoid getting hit. “The umpire is really the only one at risk. He’s in the middle of the field where the action is. The rest of us are on the periphery, far enough out of the way to get hit. I’ve seen broken ankles, broken legs and worse.” He has to get out of the way at top speed.
Who are you? “The Sebastian Marie, though we call ourselves the Redneck Yacht,” said a refined voice that sounded anything but redneck. The thing looked like a platform straddling two long and large pontoons. It had an Army tent, Air Stream trailer, Air Traffic Controller booth and party tent – all painted camouflage green. 
Two couples from Northern Virginia and Richmond celebrated a birthday and an anniversary by sailing on a warm, breezy Sunday. We scooted under the bridge to see the Navy submarine whose bow was undergoing repairs. We could see the scaffolding straddling the bow. The Navy patrol boat huddled closely to prevent any security breech from the water. My Navy buddy Ed Offley added this post on Facebook: “Bill, if you look closely you will see a number of open hatch doors for the vertical launch tubes at the bow. I’d venture the submarine is at NWS Yorktown to load Tomahawk cruise missiles.”
Andy and Donna Souders were celebrating their anniversary by staying at the chic Wedmore Place hotel at the Williamsburg Winery. She had never sailed before and did magnificently by quickly understanding the wheel and the turning dynamics.
The Fairley family of suburban Philadelphia celebrated their daughter Hannah’s birthday by sailing in winds of 14 mph. We moved from the high seas of the main river to the other side where it was more of a lee shore. We got close enough to the submarine for father Jim to get a good luck with binoculars. He did three years in Vietnam. They likened the trip to Memphis. Ruth the mom said, “We took a boat tour on the Mississippi and the guide was hilarious. Basically we were motoring on the Tennessee side while he dissed the Arkansas side.” Hannah eventually took the helm and did a masterful job tacking six or seven times. Quite the birthday event.
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