Hi, Connie and Katrina! For some reason your message to me about the joys of the sailing life was resent today. I apologize for not responding then, but I really did enjoy and appreciate your thoughts! As you probably are aware, I will be retiring in 73 days and will be starting my fulltime sailing adventures. My dream for some time has been to live on a sailing boat and cruise our coastlines, the San Juans and the Great Lakes. My M15, "Prelude", was to be my training boat. Unfortunately, I have not been able to sail anywhere near as often as I intended, so I still have a lot to learn from her. My intention remains to find a liveaboard boat, 30-36'; after all, I have to live somewhere as cheaply as possible and be on or near the water! However, I plan to keep "Prelude" for those inland trips to lakes and day sailing - and, of course, HPCC. And all those memories and experiences I will be gaining? I look forward to passing them on to my 3 grandsons! Thanks again! Bill ---- Conbert Benneck <chbenneck@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 31-Jul-12 4:31 PM, whinkeljr@cox.net wrote:
Hi Bill,
The more you sail, the more memories you accumulate. The more memories you accumulate the more experiences you have gained.
.... and so it goes. That's the fun of sailing. With each new experience you have learned something new; and your knowledge and experience grows.
It's a great life-long adventure.
Enjoy every minute of it, it only gets better and better with age and experience.
Connie & Katrina
Sean, Fantastic photos, Fantastic sailing life - what an Adventure! Thanks for sharing and inspiring: I can't wait 'til I can sail into my own dreams!! Bill M15 "Prelude"