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TOP 12 THINGS WE’LL MISS ABOUT LIFE AT
CHARMERS LANDING
1. My fondest memory is breakfast w/ my grandfather
before he caught the 5:30 train to NYC each day.
We sat in the breakfast nook as the sun broke over
LI Sound at sunrise. The colors were truly stunning.
2. We often planned our next voyage on the yacht
Charmer, his pride and joy. We would talk of Block
Island, Martha's Vineyard, or Nantucket. After he
left, I would run down the dock to the Charmer to
plot out the course on a chart for our next trip.
3. I would proudly show him the chart when he got
home on the train from Manhattan. The chart would
be spread out on the breakfast table waiting for his
return. As the sun would set, amid a burst of purples
and oranges, he would scrutinize my course settings
and waypoints. To this day if I catch the sunrise, I
think of those prized memories.
4. One day grandpa yelled out for me to fetch a
couple of fishing rods off of the Charmer. He said
the bunker were boiling in the cove. He said to
make sure I grabbed a couple of barb fish hooks.
He showed me how to cast into the boil of fish &
snag a bunker. Within minutes, I had a 36 inch blue
on the line … more great memories!
5. As for watching the seasons change, some years it
got so cold the Saugatuck bay would freeze over.
Grandpa and I would watch the ice boats sail by
on the bay. With their cigar shaped hulls beautifully
varnished and graceful sails stretched taut they
would cut a beautiful image as they danced along
the ice, with the grace of a ballet dancer.
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CHARMERS LANDING
1. My fondest memory is breakfast w/ my grandfather
before he caught the 5:30 train to NYC each day.
We sat in the breakfast nook as the sun broke over
LI Sound at sunrise. The colors were truly stunning.
2. We often planned our next voyage on the yacht
Charmer, his pride and joy. We would talk of Block
Island, Martha's Vineyard, or Nantucket. After he
left, I would run down the dock to the Charmer to
plot out the course on a chart for our next trip.
3. I would proudly show him the chart when he got
home on the train from Manhattan. The chart would
be spread out on the breakfast table waiting for his
return. As the sun would set, amid a burst of purples
and oranges, he would scrutinize my course settings
and waypoints. To this day if I catch the sunrise, I
think of those prized memories.
4. One day grandpa yelled out for me to fetch a
couple of fishing rods off of the Charmer. He said
the bunker were boiling in the cove. He said to
make sure I grabbed a couple of barb fish hooks.
He showed me how to cast into the boil of fish &
snag a bunker. Within minutes, I had a 36 inch blue
on the line … more great memories!
5. As for watching the seasons change, some years it
got so cold the Saugatuck bay would freeze over.
Grandpa and I would watch the ice boats sail by
on the bay. With their cigar shaped hulls beautifully
varnished and graceful sails stretched taut they
would cut a beautiful image as they danced along
the ice, with the grace of a ballet dancer.
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