And she wasn't sailing to get married.
That's how great literature is born, like my third novel, "Sailing to Get Revenge on a Whale," and my recent foray into playwriting, "Not Hamlet".
"We wanted to get married on the first available island," said Ms. Leather, who allowed for a couple of days of sailing to get her hair done before the wedding and to leave some room for any last-minute adjustments.
"He said he just wasn't travelling on the ground, so he just sat up and gave him 50 yards of a break which got enough wind back into his sails to get him going again.
According to our contact at Destination NSW: "You can't see the Opera House from inside it, but it's a pleasant little walk under the lights of the sails to get up there".
Once they are over, presidents are told that they have to trim their sails to get ready for the midterm elections, and once the midterms are over they are told that they have to trim their sails and get ready for the next presidential election.
When her father went sailing (eventually to get lost at sea), Mabel would ask to go with him.
The holding page says it will "provide an opportunity for the Cotswolds' sailing community to get together, share experiences, hear interesting speakers, find crew, swap gear, enjoy social meetings, share a meal and exchange general 'scuttlebutt' at the bar".
The 21-year-old Uruguayan has not been finding life at the Calderón plain sailing, failing to get back into Diego Simeone's team after an injury in September.
