You love cruising, but you’re not interested in having gobs of power on a fuel-chugging monstrosity that gets half a mile to the gallon? Nor are you interested in being at the mercy of the wind?
Images of Francis Scott Key penning the “Star-Spangled Banner” after observing the siege of Fort McHenry are what most people envision when thinking about the War of 1812.
We just spent a week cruising the Upper Chesapeake with my boating group, and I started to think about the benefits of having experienced boating friends.