Each year around Thanksgiving (November 23), we like to ask our staff and contributors what they’re thankful for this year. Here’s what they had to say:
I am thankful for daughters and puppies who greet me with joy every day when I get home from work (forgetting how much I yelled at all of them in the mornings) and a husband who is just as much fun as when we were in our 20s!
~Brooke King
Thankful for living and working so close to the water and having the free time to spend floating on it.
~Zach Ditmars
I’m thankful for my brother, David McCoun, who helps keep my little sailboat, Alcor, humming and going strong. I hope he is reading this right now because it’s about time to winterize, hint, hint!
~Holly Foster
The one minute send delay on my email.
Gold-Bond (medicated).
Open bars.
Dogs and cats.
Rice Krispy treats.
~Chris Charbonneau
Thankful for editors who like my stories; a spouse who understands my obsession with the water; daughters and sons-in-law who tolerate my old boats; and granddaughters who call me “Cappy.”
~Craig Ligibel
I am thankful that I was aboard for my young nephew’s first boat ride, that my sister and brother-in-law moved with their Parker powerboat from Florida to the shores of the Severn River, that I have not run aground yet (this season), and that there were remarkably few jellyfish at our favorite swimming anchorages this year.
~Beth Crabtree
I am thankful for the generosity of the boating community following the devastation of this hurricane season. It is amazing to see how many have stepped up to help the people in need.
~Mary Ewenson
I am thankful for: Not hooking myself (yet) in 2017. Not breaking the boat (yet) in 2017. Not falling overboard (yet) in 2017. But mostly, I’m thankful for discovering just how awesome and cool the entire Spinsheet Publishing team is!! (Seriously, too!)
~Lenny Rudow
I am thankful for amazing friends and family. I am thankful for my new doggy, who is officially a boat dog now. I am thankful for my wonderful job that allows me to get out on the water more.
~Heather Capezio
I am thankful for family and friends, great coworkers, and a job that regularly allows me to get out on the water for work.
~Kaylie Jasinski
I am thankful for safely escaping the fierce thunderstorm that hit EYC’s Friday Night Beer Can Race May 19 with no injuries or major damage to the boat (we were within a boat length of the line for second place!). Although I did come home without one member of the crew as he hopped to the dock to fend off.
~Eric Richardson
Survived another hurricane.
~Sean McCarthy
I am more thankful than ever that I don’t live in a place that has devastating weather disasters! (Knock on wood...)
~Shannon Hibberd
I am thankful I had the opportunity to revisit my former schooner sailing life on a 10-day trip in New England... a phenomenal crew, humpback whales, a behind the scenes tour of the Atlantis and the Alvin, and some sweet sailing in Buzzards Bay!
~Pamela Tenner Kellett
I’m thankful for SpinSheet readers and your salty yarns.
~Molly Winans
