AT THE HELM
This column is usually about seamanship, a technical look at things to make us better sailors. But how does history play a part in that?
I was recently in Fort Lauderdale for a medical renewal of my captain’s license, and I stayed with Pam Wall, a young-at-heart old salt who’s become a close friend to Mia and me. Pam earned her sea miles long before there was GPS or much in the way of creature comforts onboard. We became fast friends after meeting in 2007 and have adopted her as our “Grandma Ocean” as she likes to say. Pam’s old school enough that she’s embarrassed to admit that last year she added an electric toilet to her beloved Freya 39, . That
