IT began in the swimming pool at Glen Ellen. Between swims it was our wont to come outand lie in the sand and let our skins breathe the warm air and soak in the sunshine. Roscoewas a yachtsman. I had followed the sea a bit. It was inevitable that we should talk aboutboats. We talked about small boats, and the seaworthiness of small boats. We instancedCaptain Slocum and his three years' voyage around the world in the Spray.We asserted that we were...