NEWS a life well planned is a life well lived
The Captain’s Log Summer 2019
My family absolutely loves the summer and we are extremely fortunate to live and conduct our business in an area that offers an abundance of outdoor summer fun. Both kids, Kathryn and Drake, have the great opportunity to spend the hot summer days working as full-time sailing instructors at our local yacht club, and when not at work, Ginger and I spend as much time as possible boating, fishing, beaching, and generally enjoying and exploring our remarkable southern Chesapeake Bay area. My father was an avid boating enthusiast and as a young person and a young professional he spent as much time as possible sailing for both pleasure and competition. His father was a professional waterman and spent his entire life in some way or another working on the water and messing around with boats. I believe not truer words have ever been spoken than the words of Kenneth Grahame, "There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as
simply messing about in boats.” Having grown up surrounded by such an accomplished boating family, as a young person it would have been unthinkable to not spend time hearing the boating tales and gleaning the knowledge frequently and enthusiastically shared by the older generations. As I think back now with a more-clear sense of reality, I have learned that some of these tales blurred the lines between reality and fantasy, but as a young impressionable boy it simply did not matter – these tales were gospel. Although I am not certain of the full truthfulness behind some of the family’s maritime exploits, I am certain that spending time in boats and working on boats creates a clarity of purpose and a practical vision that carries over to many aspects of life away from the shore’s edge. (continued on page 3)