Years ago: Alison at 4 and Laura at 8 sailing a Day Sailor out of Wequassett Inn on Pleasant Bay. Andrew, an infant, was in the baby bucket below decks. Alison is eyeing me suspiciously though I don't know why. Her birthday was yesterday as of this writing. Let's see, I am 45 so she must be 21 now. (Well, maybe I am not 45... but who's counting?)
1971, Norm at about 21, aboard the schooner So Fong sailing the Leewards. I think one of the owner's daughters is showing her ear.
So Fong has an interesting history. In 2005, Norm was skippering Rumor in the Caribbean and met a guy who sailed So Fong out of Viet Nam. Story here.
She even made it to you Tube!
In my day, So Fong was painted dark blue. The owner's wife had seen the yacht when she was young and fell in love with the schooner's lines. The wife loved sailing the old schooner in a brisk Caribbean breeze.
1968 or 69 on Pleasant Bay with no thoughts of the Caribbean or schooners. Norm in his Comet a few years before the So Fong picture.
Grandson Luke swimming off his mom's boat on Long Island Sound, May 16, 2020
