Editor’s Log
Around the SOUND If you have to sit out a summer on account of a pandemic, there are worse places to be than Broad Sound, a water rat’s playground on the western edge of Massachusetts Bay, just north of Boston. The sound is surrounded by land on three sides, with Nahant, where we live, forming its northern edge; to the east, it’s wide open to the Atlantic. In summer, its waters tend to be calm in the morning, which is perfect for fishermen chasing stripers, and lobstermen hauling traps. Afternoons, though, things take a turn in a sailor’s favor. Once the sprawling metropolitan area surrounding the sound heats up, like clockwork, the sea breeze starts cranking. And that’s when the sailboats come out to play. There are lots of them, especially on…
