Where has the summer gone?

This year has been so much different than the others. I have not been able to take full days off so I have had to work a half day and then run down to the boat to have some fun. We have done some really great sailing this year and traveled man miles. We seem to find ourselves in New York waters much more than New Jersey. Long Island and Staten Island just seem to have so much to offer. There are harbors, inlets, islands, amusement parks, and just better sailing due to the way the wind comes in. We have had one of the best years yet fishing and some of the most challenging sailing as well. To date we have over 47 days in on the water and we easily break the 50 mark this year. The maintenance has been minimal with only replacing the float on the bilge pump this year. We set our own standing rigging and have been going all season, non stop. The interior has had more cleanings than I care to note, but that is only because the boat has mainly been a guy boat all season with only two trips with women on board. Not that we don't want women on board, it's just that the fishing has been so damn good this year. I really have to make it a point to get here weekly to enter things. We will have to add a lot of pictures once we have time this winter.