Q: 68 Knots has a lot of sailing in it. How did you learn to sail?
A: I learned to sail because my parents took the family to the Chesapeake Bay for sailing lessons and a week-long cruise. It was a lot of fun, except for when the boat started to sink.
Q: The boat was sinking?
A: The gasket around the propeller shaft came loose, and we started to take on water. We radioed the marina, but they wouldn't answer. Finally, when the water was knee deep down below, we radioed the Coast Guard.
Q: What happened?
A: The Coast Guard called the marina, and they sent a boat out to rescue us.
Q: Why hadn't the marina responded to your radio messages?
A: The woman who worked there told us later that she was having a really stressful day and she just "needed her space." So she had turned off the radio!
Q: Amazing.
A: Her name--I'm not making this up--was "Muffy." My entire family nearly sank in the ocean because Muffy needed her space.
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