Of Sailboats and Stinkpots

by Calla Jones Corner

Of Sailboats and Stinkpots in Old Cape Cod

My mother, Betty, put it this way: “Your father never met a wooden boat he didn’t like.” I’ll add, “Unless it was a stinkpot.” A stinkpot is the not-so-affectionate name sailors give to any boat propelled by a motor rather than sail; they are noisy, dirty, and smells of oil.

That is, until my father realized that…