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nk235 · #66 (**permalink**) 06-08-2009

Speaking of younger sailors and how we need more I think I just converted two!!

This weekend I took one of my good friends out along with his new girlfriend and my girlfriend for a weekend sail and night spent out on the boat. We are all 24 years old. His girlfriend who he is getting pretty serious with has never been sailing.

We had a nice 2 hour powersail from Mt. Sinai to Smithtown enjoying some cool brews and blasting some good old Jimmy buffet under a gorgeous sunny day. The girls lounged out on the bow just about the whole time till we got to the channel to Stony Brook Harbor. I let my buddy's girl friend steer the boat in while him and I took down the Main and put the sail cover on. She then helped him get the lines and fenders ready. We clipped onto a mooring in the back of Stony Brook Harbor (which is very pretty) and went for a cool dip in the water. Afterwards we fired up the grill and bbq'ed some hot sausages along with some watermelon that was marinaded in vodka!

After some more relaxing we actually took the dink out at low tide and raked in about 60-70 clams which we then put back on the grill later that night along with some garlic and butter and ate under the lantern in the cockpit. Overall we had an awesome day and night and then another great trip back to Mt. Sinai the next day.

So...long story short, my buddy called me today and kept going on and on about how much his girlfriend loved sailing and just being on the boat and how it could be something she could see really getting into. He has been considering getting a boat for the past year and says he now might get a sailboat! So hopefully we can add 2 more for the younger ones out there!

Here are some pics of the trip:

Ladies posing on the bow
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