The juxtaposition of practical seamanship challenges - the 22 groundings, the drawbridge procedures, the eight-foot draft on a questionable ten-foot bottom - against the rich historical tapestry of Charleston creates a compelling narrative texture. Your observation about the difference between American and European IALA rules for channel markers is exactly the kind of detail that separates lived experience from armchair sailing. The Wahoo incident perfectly captures the comedic reality of offshore fishing: the triumph of the catch followed by the puzzlement of identification and the locals' knowing smirks. Looking forward to the next chapter.
I’m really grateful for your kind words of praise. I presume you are an enthusiastic boater. I’m 80 and I’m ’ve been a boater since 1960. I’ve a personal log book with more than 300k miles in the Med, the Caribbean, the Atlantic, the North and the Baltic Sea. Some hundreds of miles in Australia too. I’m the dean of the Italian marine journalist, having been editor-in-chief of three boating and yachting magazines. I’m proud to have such a fine reader like you. I’ll be delighted to make you to enjoy the next three chapters. And after the end of this novel many other stories will follow. Thank you to read and to follow Yacht Lounge. Roberto Franzoni.
The juxtaposition of practical seamanship challenges - the 22 groundings, the drawbridge procedures, the eight-foot draft on a questionable ten-foot bottom - against the rich historical tapestry of Charleston creates a compelling narrative texture. Your observation about the difference between American and European IALA rules for channel markers is exactly the kind of detail that separates lived experience from armchair sailing. The Wahoo incident perfectly captures the comedic reality of offshore fishing: the triumph of the catch followed by the puzzlement of identification and the locals' knowing smirks. Looking forward to the next chapter.
I’m really grateful for your kind words of praise. I presume you are an enthusiastic boater. I’m 80 and I’m ’ve been a boater since 1960. I’ve a personal log book with more than 300k miles in the Med, the Caribbean, the Atlantic, the North and the Baltic Sea. Some hundreds of miles in Australia too. I’m the dean of the Italian marine journalist, having been editor-in-chief of three boating and yachting magazines. I’m proud to have such a fine reader like you. I’ll be delighted to make you to enjoy the next three chapters. And after the end of this novel many other stories will follow. Thank you to read and to follow Yacht Lounge. Roberto Franzoni.