Happiness is in the Sole

Recently, I was digging through my file of “less than optimal boating decisions,” a collection of errors made during decades of boating, and which I prefer to avoid repeating. In the assemblage, I found half of what was once a pair of Cole Haan slip-on dress loafers. Having served their intended work purpose, they were relegated to yard work and various outdoor activities, and somehow ended up adorning my feet while I was at sea.

For reasons still unclear, I left the house in them for a day of crabbing aboard a nice, mid-20-foot