Early Sailing Stars, Back in the Day - ALL AT SEA

Early Sailing Stars, Back in the Day

Coral Bay was empty of sailboats when Fatty dropped the hook there in 1979. Note the empty hillside. The only marine activity was a boatbuilding commune.

Since I grew up aboard, it was always a given that someday I’d circumnavigate—but there was ‘many a slip between the cup and lip’ as they say.