This is my first story which I suddenly felt inspired to write a couple of months ago, and roughly 15 years after I first found literotica.com. The story took shape very quickly, in just a day or two, but I have left it to age since I first drafted it, reviewing and tweaking it several times, so I hope it is now fairly free from errors and typos.
I envisage this story being the first of several episodes, but if the drafts of other stories that I have started evolve into works fit for publication I don't expect them to be traditional chronological chapters, more a series of tales, each a stand alone story featuring the Captain of the schooner ("me" - the stories are written in first person) and Cassie, the first mate. I may add other recurring characters, but not all stories will feature Cassie in a major role, and indeed she only has a bit part in this story.
I am not promising when other episodes may be uploaded, they might be weeks apart, or longer.
As this is my first story, I look forward to comments, feedback, and constructive criticism.
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I was working as a schooner captain doing short cruises into the bay, raising the sails for a couple of hours and pointing out buildings, homes and islands of interest to tourists. These cruises ran throughout the day, and ended with a 7pm-9pm evening cruise, at which point we tied up the ship and went home. I had an idea that, in the more liberal times we live in, that there might be a market for couples night cruises, where we sail into the bay on warm summer evenings, drop anchor on the leeward side of one of the uninhabited islands for a couple of hours and enjoy a little wine or beer and the couples let their passions run free under the moon and stars.
I pitched the idea to the owners of the ship, but while they didn't want to get involved, they agreed to let me rent the ship for a late cruise, effectively splitting the revenue 50:50, so they made some extra profit and I pocketed a tidy bonus income. The owners would let me use fuel in the tank, and I would pay the ship's mate out of pay share. The ships mate is Cassie, she is Anglo Hispanic, Puerto Rican, I think, recently out of college, so early 20's, a little over average height, maybe 5'6", black hair, and generally slim, but maybe carrying a few extra pounds on her derriere, giving her a nice rounded ass without being at all overweight.
I knew that selling the idea to Cassie might be a challenge, or at least selling it to her boyfriend, Andy, so I suggested that he could come along too if he liked, any time he wanted, ... with the same benefits on offer once we had dropped anchor and the active participation of the ship's mate was no longer required.
I was able to find a few places to advertise these "romance cruises" on-line, and I booked four couples for the first cruise. I let Cassie know that we're in business, and that she should let Andy know, if he was interested.
The schooner isn't large and there isn't much room for privacy, but then it would be fairly dark out in the bay and by restricting numbers to four couples there would be one couple fore and aft on each side of the seats and hatches on the center line, so there would be room enough, and I assumed that mostly couples would respect each other's privacy. Cassie and Andy would be upfront in the bow area, and I would most remain at the wheel in the cockpit. Maybe I would stand up and lech a bit if things got interesting, but while a bit of voyeurism sounded fun, I didn't expect to spend too much time perving.
I wasn't sure who would respond to my ads - I was asking $200 per couple which wasn't expensive, but it was enough to price out most frisky college students, however soon discovered that the appeal of an amorous evening under the stars had a broad appeal, from couples in their twenties up to at least those in their fifties.
Then there were couples such as Steven and Claire, I would put their age different at around 25 years, her around 35 and her husband around 60. They were celebrating ten years of happy marriage, and looking for a memorable evening that was a bit different from just dinner and wine by candlelight. Clearly Claire had been a trophy wife, and to be fair to her, she still is, but married at 25 she had born Steve a son and a daughter, and had worked hard to keep her figure, and now, in her mid 30's was still a picture of womanly beauty.
As they came aboard I noticed that Steve was casually dressed in khakis and a polo shirt, carrying a bottle of champagne and plastic cups (no glasses are allowed on board). Claire was wearing a simple white shift mini-dress that showed off a considerable length of tanned, well-toned leg, and with almost flat white sandals, and carrying a small white clutch. They settled down just ahead of the cockpit, on the port side. Other unremarkable couples boarded and Cassie showed them to their part of the deck further forward and on the rear starboard side, on the other side of the mast from Steve and Claire.
As we set sail the couple all opened their drinks of choice and were soon happily kissing and cuddling, and by the time we had sailed across the bay and Cassie had dropped the anchor overboard, each couple was lost in their own world of passion, except for Steve and Claire, where things were, er, apparently a bit of a let-down, at least on the part of Steve. Steve and Claire had been drinking champagne, and cuddling, and the cuddling had given way to fondling and groping, but Steve was of an age where ED was an issue, and he was unable to perform. After a while Claire stood up, looked back at her husband and then slowly walked over to me where I was propped in the cockpit. I had been daydreaming and looking at the stars, as well as keeping an eye on the activities of the several couples on deck.