Mary,

My mother grew up on and around the water. She lived for a while on a sea going barge. Her father, my grandfather, served as ships carpenter on a squarerigger that went around the world. She was probably a more avid sailor than my Dad. After my father died she kept on sailing their Marshall Sanderling with help until she felt she couldn't handle it any more. She was 84 at the time and she turned the boat over to me. that boat which is now going on 34 years old is becoming a family heirloom.

Howard