I never really relax while underway in a sailboat. I’m constantly looking and listening for new sights and sounds.

I have found that the romance of sailing is often enjoyed before and after the reality of passage making.

I’ve spent a lot of time on a lot of sailboats. I have read about them and talked about them with naval architects and boat builders. But I still don’t understand most advertisements for them.

I’d like to talk about anchoring. And I’d like to talk about garbage. The topics are related since the anchoring skills of most boaters are, um well, garbage.

I’ve been a delivery skipper since the late 1960s. I’m not a chicken on the water, but other people on boats scare me. I never know if that boat heading at me has a competent crew or is the local ship of fools.

What follows is the progress report written on behalf of the Squibnocket Beach committee and delivered to the special town meeting Monday night.