The Peconic Puffin

When I started outfitting my windsurfing van back in 2003
one of the first ideas I poached was the Spencer Bucket.   I met Spencer at a Dasher
Windsurfing Clinic in May of ’03, and I was immediately drawn to his bucket.

 “Ya gotta have one,” Spencer explained.   "You can throw a good quantity of
wet and sandy neoprene, harnesses etc into the thing after a session, you can
use it as a platform to change fins and footstraps on a board, and the thing
can be hosed out or just whacked on the back to get clean again.  The Spencer Bucket*."

This was Saturday at the clinic.  Sunday morning I arrived with my own Spencer Bucket.   Over the years it has met or
exceeded expectations in terms of performance and utility.    But today it died.   More accurately:  Today I killed it.    I’d just taken off my
wetsuit after a morning SUP session, and I thought I’d whack the back of the
thing to get some sand out.   
So I whacked, and it cracked

I’m going to K-Mart right now to replace it.   Can’t imagine showing up for a
sesh without one.  

*Spencer did not refer to his bucket as a Spencer
Bucket.   But I always have,
in honor of Spencer (who called it a $7 bucket from K-Mart).   I’ve
given them as gifts, and at least one happy recipient calls his a Spencer
Bucket too (Steve don’t let me down when I see you this weekend!)