My brother and I were avid sailors at a young age.
A friend of mine lived in a lakefront house and he had a small sailboat in a creek that ran through his yard to the lake.
Everyone knows a sailboat needs wind to be able to move.
The stronger the wind, the faster the sailboat could go.
We would listen for “small craft warnings” on the radio.
We would jump in the car and head to my friend’s house and his sailboat.
The wind and waves were always strong during “small craft warnings.”
A sailing we would go!
We had one problem.
The old wooden sailboat had a hole in the bottom.
Water was coming into the boat fast.
Our solution was A BUCKET!
One of us would SAIL and the other would BAIL!
When the bailing guy got tired, we switched.
We always made it safely back to that little creek and had the adventure of our lives!
When I told this story to my wife this morning, she asked “Why didn’t you patch the hole?”
I replied, “It never occurred to us.”
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