The Sailing Weekend – Part 2: Cabin Lamp
Wife & Couples·EN·1 min read·Published 2026-11-07, updated 2026-11-07·Part 2 of 2
The cabin was tiny, with a narrow double bunk in the bow, a lamp on a hook and a hatch overhead that framed a rectangle of stars. The boat rocked very gently on its anchor. Water chuckled against the hull.
"It's not even a double," said Dana.
"It's a very friendly single."
She laughed and kissed him. It was a warm, easy kiss, the kiss of seventeen years, but there was a spark in it, bright as the stars in the hatch. Peter's hands slid to her waist. Hers slid under his sweater.
"We have to be quiet," she whispered. "There's a boat anchored nearby."
"The boat is two hundred metres away."
"Sound carries over water."
"I'll be very discreet."
"You've never been discreet in your life."
He grinned, and pulled the blanket over both of them. The cabin lamp swung. They moved together slowly, laughing at elbows and knees, at the bunk rail, at the ridiculous, wonderful smallness of it all. They knew each other so well, and had so much time. Their love-making was warm, tender and entirely unhurried, a conversation in a language only the two of them spoke, with the sea rocking them as gently as a cradle.
Afterwards they lay tangled and sleepy, listening to the water.
"I love you," murmured Dana.
"I love you, too. Even if you do tack badly."
"I tack beautifully."
"You tack in a circle."
In the morning they swam off the stern in the cold green water, then ate breakfast on deck with strong coffee and apricots. A pair of dolphins arced through the bay, close enough to touch.
"Same boat next year?" said Peter.
"Same boat," said Dana, leaning on his shoulder. "Bigger bed."
"No. Don't change the bed."
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