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    Testing the waters.

    I've never been much of a boat person. My family had a row boat when I was a kid: we took it to a state park near home for an occasional family activity. We used it to go fishing too, although even less frequently than we had the family outings.

    Several decades ago, shortly after moving to the Seattle area, I had an acquaintance from church who had a smaller sail boat. He took me out onto Puget Sound one evening just before the sun began to set...