to learn which sails did what, and to memorize the names of the parts of the boat — keel, rudder, tiller, stuffing box, sheets, jib, genoa, main, boom, vang, halyard, guy, lazy guy (it’s a thing), Cunningham, leach, luff, foot, kite, head, galley...
Over the years I have travelled through Bayou La Batre a couple of times; I have heard of it most of my life, mainly because of the annual Blessing of the Fleet every spring. As a traveler at the Grand reminded me, it was also the home of Bubba Gump Shrimp. When I reached the fis...