This post has any number of possible good titles. Another is "On the Waterfront" -- the name, of course, of the classic 1954 mobster movie starring Marlon Brando in which he gave his famous, "I coulda been a contendah" speech. On the Waterfront won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Brando, and Best Supporting Actress for Saint. Will bow sprits be winning any awards come next year? Or will they just be Yesterday's Love?


Pier pressure? Seen today On the Waterfront in the Port America's
Cup, at the Alinghi Base poking out of their eastern boatshed, the bow
of an ACC yacht -- the spritting image of another another yacht three
bases to the west. 64 Ways to Leave Your Lover? Or just some Hot Fun
in the Summertime??