On the Water, Off the Clock

The standing invitation is Thursday. No theme, no host, no plan beyond the dock and whatever the light is doing.\n\nWe sat in on one of them: a sailmaker, a chef, a physiotherapist and a gallerist who have kept this going for six years through moves, babies and one hurricane season.\n\nThey talk about it the way people talk about a practice rather than a party — something you protect because it is the only hour of the week nobody is selling anything.