Sailing Stories
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In 2014, Menahem Raznik (Class 20) and I planned a sail to Nantucket straight from the winter marina in Haverstraw, New York, where the boat stands on its keel, out of the water, waiting for summer to be launched. We set out early Friday morning from the Hudson marina heading South toward Staten Island. Haverstraw…
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Until then, in my childhood, I knew the sea through Saturday trips on the back of a truck with benches lined along the sides and two rows of benches in the middle (back-to-back). The passengers’ legs intertwined like a zipper. There were no sectorial problems, and no complaints were heard. The food baskets were under…
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Sailing with a Russian is a special kind of experience. A few years ago, I had a sailing buddy, “Matros,” who came from St. Petersburg, Russia, and was rich in experience sailing yachts on the great Lake Ladoga. He had a boat made by LaCoste (with the crocodile logo), built by a French company based…
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I met Ido Laderer (a veteran missile boat commander) while searching for a route for a charter sailing trip in the Caribbean—one of the trips organized by Ami Sarel. Ido had spent many years roaming among those islands, so I tried to leverage his vast experience for the mission I was given. When we later…
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Suddenly Heaven’s Lights Went Out Sometimes the darkness after evening twilight can be surprising. To Joe and me, to the two of us together, it happened twice. I first met Joe while I was busy with the first boat I purchased. The boat arrived at the marina on a trailer and was placed on the…
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