{"id":1261,"date":"2014-08-02T00:33:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T00:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickcoraccio.com\/boat\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2014-08-02T00:33:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T00:33:40","slug":"the-call-of-summer-seas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rickcoraccio.com\/boat\/?p=1261","title":{"rendered":"The Call of Summer Seas"},"content":{"rendered":"

July, late afternoon, Wareham MA.
\nIt’s summer vacation, and the Executive Officer and I do what we always do this time of year: pack up a bunch of stuff, truck it down to our dinghy, and head out on the water for an extended boat trip.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The XO and a bunch of stuff.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ashore on Swifts Neck, our hardworking dinghy Salty ll<\/em> is loaded to capacity, its water-line much higher, but not dangerously so. I point the bow towards our cabin cruiser Ginger Lee<\/em>\u00a0and push off, savoring the exact moment when foot leaves land. We are now living by a different set of rules. Ironically, for boats, it’s called The Rules of the Road<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Loaded<\/a>

Loaded up.<\/p><\/div>\n

Salty’s old Honda 9.9 horsepower four-stroke engine fires right up and motors us slowly along, fine bow slicing through rippling waters until it finds Ginger Lee’s<\/em> large teak swim platform. We have work to do, unloading and stowing all the stuff, but the XO and I make a good team; we’ve done this many times.
\nSoon everything is put away and we settle down on the aft-deck with cold adult beverages.
\nThe plan is as follows:
\nTonight: drinks and Red Sox radio while safely tied to our mooring.
\nTomorrow: leave Wareham at the crack of dawn.
\nDestination: East.
\nObjective: fun, relaxation, adventure.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The crack of dawn.<\/p><\/div>\n

Early morning, Swifts Neck, Wareham, MA.
\nOdd, but I have never needed an alarm clock. Somehow, I don’t know why, I just get up in time, every single time without fail. The sun, boasting the same peculiarity, rises over Tempest Knob and speaks to me as I rub the sleep out of my eyes. “Are you ready dude?”
\n“Oh yeah,” I answer simply and respectfully, not knowing if it’s proper to “dude” the sun.
\nMaybe it’s the strong percolated coffee that’s making my heart race; I am excited. Who knows what will happen? I don’t even know for certain where we are going! We’ll figure it out at sea, based on the tides, the currents, and our fancy. Meanwhile, I revel in my good fortune; I have a boat that can cruise indefinitely, and a wife who loves that boat as much as I do.<\/p>\n

\"Dropping<\/a>

Dropping the mooring at dawn.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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