Larchmont, NY

Tonight, we are at the prestigious Larchmont Yacht Club. Founded in 1880, this establishment is the essence of elegance and tradition (and not a bit stodgy). The membership list reads like Who’s Who of Yachting: past members include German Kaiser Wilhelm, financiers W.K.Vanderbilt and J.P.Morgan, and Sir Thomas Lipton, the perennial challenger for the America’s Cup.

It is still housed in the original building from 1888:

If there is any downside, it is that we will be on a mooring, so we will have no Internet and NO AIR CONDITIONING! Excessive heat warning today. I hope we have a breeze on the water!

I am going to publish this post while we are still in Stamford with good Wi-Fi.

On Thursday morning, we will leave early, speed down the East River, past the Statue of Liberty, out through NY Harbor, and down to the Manasquan Inlet, where we lay over for two days at my ancestral summer home on the Metedeconk River. A chance to visit with my brother Tom; a college classmate; and an old childhood friend.

I’ll send a brief post when we’re safely tucked in at Metedeconk. I’ll have to use my phone as a hot spot; Tommy does not have WiFi! A true Luddite!

Signing off until Thursday night or Friday AM…