Being dragged off on the boat for long cruises to boring harbors with the parents was my introduction to Type 2 fun. Type 1 fun is, of course, fun that you know you're having while you're having it. Type 2 fun only reveals itself as having been fun later - winter camping and being dragged off on the …

One of my favorite memories as a kid was the family piling onto the boat (first a Tartan 27, later a C&C 34) and heading to Lloyd Harbor for the night with a bunch of other families. When we got there, the kids would pile into the dinghies and hopefully a Whaler to go ashore, fish for snappers, go k …