That stern plate reads "The Island Skipper — Jersey" and those are two glasses of something cold with the sun going down behind Elizabeth Castle. This is the point of all of it. The right glass makes a difference — not for snobbish reasons, but because a proper wine glass shape affects how the wine tastes and how the evening feels.
The catch is that real glass on a boat is a hazard and a liability. The solution is polycarbonate — but not all polycarbonate glasses are equal. The bad ones look like picnic glasses. The good ones are indistinguishable from crystal at arm's length.
The glasses in the photograph are Sea to Summit Delta Wine Glasses. The stern nameplate is hand-engraved brass. Elizabeth Castle is visible over the port quarter as the sun sets behind it.
The Glasses
Complete Sundowner Kit
Round out the kit with the Osculati LED deck lights (warm, dimmable, mounted under the coaming) and a Hydro Flask insulated bottle to keep the wine cold. The Channel Islands sunset does the rest.
