FEBRUARY 2018
Golfing on Long Island and sailing between the courses
onthenortheastcoastisasgoodasitgetsforyacht
owner and Top GearpresenterEddie JordanI
t’sfunnywhatatasteofadventurecandoto
you. I had traveled the world in my Oyster
885, and when the new summer season
rolledaroundIwantedsomethingdifferent
fromtheusualEuropeanrun.Idecidedonthe
northeastcoastoftheUnitedStates.
Ofcourse,beingIrish,thelureofBostonwas
great,butitwasthegolfalongthisstretchofcoast
towards New York that really inspired me. When
weembarkedonthetripbackin2010mywife,
Marie, was captain of Sunningdale Golf Club in
Berkshire,England–Iwasan11handicapand
she was three. We had heard about these amazing
linkscoursesontheEastCoastsowesetoffon
boardmyotherOyster,the655.
We started in Newport and played the
coursesontheislands;weparticularlyenjoyed
Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. We would130 VOYAGE
SWING STATES
EDDIE JORDAN SPOKE TO SOPHIA WILSON; PHOTOGRAPHY: ALAMY; GETTY IMAGESILLUSTRATIONS Amy Wiggin