(a photo accompanied the article: you can see it in Grayson's official site gallery in the headshots section: it's the pic of young GM with two people, his parents, sitting at a park table-bench)
"Since I was about 13, during the two weeks heading up to Labor Day, my mom, dad, sister and I sail from Rowayton, Connecticut to Mount Desert Island, Maine. In recent years, it's just me and Mom and Dad--my sister is not as aquatic as the rest of us, but she comes when it's possible. We have a 46-foot sloop, a custom boat called the Cambria. It's named the Rina Gray--Rina's my mom's name and Gray is the first part of my name, but also my dad's name and my grandfather's name.
The longest time we've gone without going ashore is about four days; you've got to love the people you're with. You're dealing with 46 feet of space and nerves run tight on hot days. Being on the boat keeps you away from people, for the most part, so it's one of those experiences that allows you to contemplate, relax, and enjoy solitude. It's really nice. While you're sailing, there's a lot fo pay attention to on the ocean. The downtime pleasure is really when you drop anchor. We walk the beaches, rent bicycles, have a nice meal, get ice cream. That's where my mom's pleasure comes in. She's our cook and it's a real task in itself because the galley's not a great place to be when the ocean's moving stuff around. But we eat well; she prepares a lot of food ahead of time and freezes it. We really have a lot of fun."
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