Perry Moffitt

I always give my guy a little grief for going off on vacations without me, although, sailing for a week on a tiny little sailboat is about the furthest thing from relaxation I can think of. But, my duty as wife is to give a little grief and mope a little when he tells me how much fun he had without me. This last trip was a resounding success, and below is an excerpt from the wrap-up from the man who organized this week long sail. It makes me proud to see him doing well and having fun, not that I am done moping about vacations without me. I just have to figure out how to get him to sail the coast of say… Italy, so that I want to go along.

“For the most part these guys were either unprepared or inexperienced or their boats were untested.

One exception was Bill and Paul Moffitt. They built Jim Michalak’s Mikesboat (named “Embers Watch”) just before the start and hauled the boat from Atlanta for the event. In fact they were still rigging the boat the day before we all took off from Port Mansfield. But they did fine, in fact the boat turned out to be fast and seaworthy. Modest man that he is, Bill Moffitt said of the boat: “I will take credit for making Embers Watch and that the pieces I made did not break. But Jim Michalak gets the credit for a very successful design; all I did was follow the plans.” Bill and Paul are both experienced sailors who have proven that seamanship trumps an untested boat.”