Nikolaus Drellow's blog

Why Sailing Should Embrace the Mainstream Media

“The mainstream media?!” You may be asking yourself. “The same media that ruined every sport more exciting than croquet by drowning it in Mountain Dew and plastering it with variations on the word ‘extreme’? The same media that make Presidential elections look like horse races and celebrity slip-ups look like cataclysmic events?”

Yes, I say. Those media.

I had an experience recently that really made me think about preparedness, one of the most important aspects of sailing any kind of boat.

I’ll start the story at the end: we were three dripping wet people, all face-palming about losing those valuables around which so much of modern life is centered. Thankfully no one was hurt, but in the drink somewhere near somewhere near Sippican Harbor were a pair of new shoes, three pairs of sunglasses, three cell phones, a purse, two wallets, medicine, and a set of keys.