If Walt took himself all *that* seriously, he wouldn't be sailing one
of those tippy little undignified kiddy-ride boats.


Walt wrote:
What are you trying to say, Doug? That they're fun to ride, but you
don't want your friends to see you doing it?


I'm trying to say that one of my favorite routines, on light
air days, was to make a great ceremony of putting a quarter
in the centerboard slot, and announcing, "Mommy! This darn
thing is broken!"

Life's too short to go around with with an inflated sense of
gravitas, and sailing a small fast tippy boat is about the
most fun one can have with one's clothes on.

DSK