NYYC Race Week 2022 – 5 Minutes of Sailporn
So many great memories of sailing in Newport, Narrangansett Bay and paties at Harbor Court. Miss it bigly 🙁
Read MoreI had not heard "Sailing to Philadelphia " by mark Knopfler with Jame Taylor and it was one of my personal favorite discoveries from the Top 10 Sailing Songs thing.
It tells the tale of Mason and Dixon, two Englishmen (a Geordie and West Countryman) who sailed to America to create a line of demarcation between four US States in 1765.
Here is Mark Knopfler talking about the song.
And here is a bootlegged live version. This one is without James Taylor. Knopfler gets even better with age
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edmund fitzgerald, gordon lighfoot, jimmy buffet, lyle lovett, men at work, music to sail too, nautical music, sailing, sailing music, sailing songs, stan rogers, top 10 sailing songs
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