Airborne

ISBN: 9780020973409

出版年: 1978-1

定价: 48.00

内容简介

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\"Peter???\" I said??? late on a white summer afternoon about fifteen years
ago to Peter Start??? who had sailed with me since he was thirteen
when he began looking after my boat during the summers??? \"let s
face it. Some day we ll have to sail across the Atlantic.\" We were
walking gingerly about the mossy rocks that surround York Harbor???
~u~a~ne??? getting some exercise after a long day s sail from Glouces-
ter??? before returning to The Panic??? moored in the Hansel-and-Gretel
39azbor??? for dinner. The first three daFs of our cruise ???~e m3r ???s~(e???
Peter??? and our friends--raced with
struck out to cruise in Maine.
the New York Yacht Club??? then we
~t~ a~reed.
I first acknowledged my unalterable affection Ior Peter on medL
taring that in the five years I had known him??? he had never said No
to any request I made (\"Please repaint the hull black by next week-
~22D}??? ~ever betrayed b ~ an ~ intteetiou the im~ausih~t???~ o~ ~.u???~
2e27nuda with us /???1 0ctofler.e\"J??? never ~etrayed any [ac~ o~ en-
from my own??? at eleven or twelve at night on a Friday??? late in the
season. \"Peter??? let s sail.\" \"Sure]\" \"I ll pick you up in ten min-
utes\"--Peter wasn t old enough for a driving license in those days--
and in twenty minutes we would be powering out of Stamford Har-
bor; in another ten minutes the sails would be up. In an hour or so???
depending on the wind??? we would make out the little flashing red light
signaling the entrance to the tortuous channel--rocks on either side
--winding into the little harbor
off what we called Treasure Island