Each year around Thanksgiving (November 23), we like to ask our staff and contributors what they’re grateful for this year. Here’s what they had to say:
Being 75, I am thankful to still be on the green side of the grass. My two sons, their wives, and my grandchildren make me very thankful. Living close to the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay as well as lots of good ponds and creeks where I can be fishing within a few minutes of leaving my house also make me very thankful.
~Eric Burnley
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 boat running smoothly all year round. And, I’m glad he reads SpinSheet because he took the hint I gave him in the November issue. My boat is now winterized. Thanks, David, for all you do!
~Holly Foster
- The one minute send delay on my email.
- Gold-Bond (medicated).
- Open bars.
- Dogs and cats.
- Rice Krispy treats.
~Chris Charbonneau
I am thankful that I was aboard for my young nephew’s first boat ride. I am thankful that my sister and brother-in-law moved with their Parker powerboat from Florida to the shores of the Severn River. I am thankful that I have not run aground yet and that there were remarkably few jellyfish at our favorite swimming anchorages this season.
~Beth Crabtree
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 winter has been so slow coming and we’ve been able to spend so many days on the water! I’m thankful that (our dog) Angus has become accustomed to the boat and no longer seems poised to leap into the water at the slightest provocation. We still keep him in his lifejacket though!
~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 Mary’s and my celebration of our significant birthdays this August in Cambridge with our whole family. Charlie and I, with our Wyoming family, motored the Indian Summer to Cambridge where the rest of the family had rented a house on the beach. We visited the Harriet Tubman Museum, biked in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, swam, sailed, paddleboarded, blew bubbles, and ate and ate, and sang Happy birthdays. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful family.
~Lucy Iliff
I’m thankful for tinned wiring and conductive grease.
~Steve D’Antonio
I am thankful for all of the times I have been able to get out on the water (for work!) this year, especially when I was offered a ride in a Jersey Speed Skiff at the CBMM Antique and Classic Boat Festival. Is it too early to add a Jersey Speed Skiff to my Christmas list??
~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.
~Eric Richardson
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’m thankful for family, friends, good health, and two part time retirement jobs (WNAV and PropTalk) that keep me in touch with boats, and most important, boating people.
~Capt. Rick Franke