sailing on summer solstice

Don't remember the name of this book I read many years ago, but I remember the hero, a Chinese poet,  celebrating solstice by drinking and reading poems to the setting sun. Impressed me and since I have been trying to pay my respects to the sun on solstice day.  This year decided to sail. Splendid. Booked a sailboat for today. Turns out the solstice was yesterday.