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The Moth

Learning to Sail: Jamie Trowbridge

The Moth

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.625.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jamie learns some lessons from his dad - about sailing and about life. This episode is hosted by Angelica Lindsey-Ali.

Storyteller: Jamie Trowbridge

Transcript

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0:47.3

Welcome to the moth podcast. I'm your host for this week Angelica Lindsay Ali

0:59.0

This episode we have a story from the moth main stage

1:02.8

Jamie Trollbridge told this in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where the theme of the night was the ties that bind

1:08.6

He is Jamie live at the moth

1:27.3

When I was 12 my father bought a 36-foot sailboat called the Paragy

1:33.8

It was really exciting when I learned we were going to all go sailing

1:39.3

But I was a little surprised because as far as I know my father's never sailed not even a small boat

1:47.7

It all started right here in Portsmouth we got on board

1:51.6

We started to motor away from the dock

1:54.3

And the motor died and we had to be towed back

1:59.0

And inauspicious beginning

2:01.0

But I knew that sailing with my dad was going to be great because he was so good at everything he did

2:10.0

Even at 12 years old I knew he was an accomplished man. He was a graduate of Princeton

2:14.6

He was the president of our family business and he'd recently been elected to the New Hampshire State Senate

2:21.4

I was the only kid in my school with a

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