During yesterday's tour around the lake, I met Captain Stan. If you picture what the old man and the sea looked like with a long gray ponytail, blue sea coat and a pot belly to match, Stan was it. After talking for a bit and learning that he was an expat Californian, making IT programs for banking companies and sailing in various parts of the world during his downtime, he invited me to lunch on the ship today to help him clean out the cellar for the new year with a few friends . As it turned out, his cellar consisted of many truffles, a dozen or so bottles of champagne and plenty of good story telling. From spontaneous races to being kicked off his own boat, it made me want to get on a sailboat ASAP. I guess I will just have to wait for the ice to melt off Steamboat Reservoir
first!
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