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Students…….
Never try and teach a pig to sing, it annoys the pig and wastes your time…..
Sometimes I forget things like this myself. I like to teach so sometimes I try to teach “People” to sail who want to sail but have no aptitude for it. It becomes like teaching a “Pig to Sing”, it becomes a waste of time. Even those people that we all have in our life that we would do anything for, may not be a person who can sail. It then becomes annoying, and sometimes dangerous to have a person like this on the boat. They will try to do things to prove they can, forgetting the simplest tasks the moment they have completed them. The next day they will attempt to perform the same task, something as simple as letting a line out on a winch….by cranking the handle.
Solo Sailing……
I sail solo…. a lot…. When I am sailing solo I don’t have to work on my people skills…….
I have cruised a lot over the last couple of years. I have enjoyed the fun and laughter of sailing with the Singles on Sailboats folks, (www.singlesonsailboats.org ). The family feeling of sailing with my friend Susan and her son Luke to watch the Volvo racers. The trips with my brothers either day sailing or deliver trips. Sailing with Maryland Yacht Club, www.MDYC.org , Dick, Deiter, Winfried, Elizabeth, Elisabeth, Linda, and all the others in both the sail and power fleet. Father’s day sailing weekends with my son are probably the second best sailing I have ever done.
Sailing alone is so very different; it is time to look inside you. There is no corner grocery or anyone to help you out in a jam. It makes you plan ahead; it makes you think differently about yourself and the world. Solo sailing teaches you humility. It makes you aware of your surroundings, the sea is very unforgiving and treats everyone the same. The little thing you were going to fix yesterday will become the first card to fall as your house crumbles around you out here alone. The silence is ok, the loneliness is ok, and it is a hell of a way to learn about what you are really made of.
Storms……
Life like the weather can change, we seldom notice the weather getting better, and we always notice it getting worse!
Nothing in the world comes close to humbling me like sailing solo in a storm, with lighting striking all around you, rain so thick you can’t see twice the length of your boat, and wind that make every drop of rain feel like a BB trying to penetrate your skin. I now face the shore side adversity of my life differently because of those times in the storm. The same ideas work for both , plan ahead, know what you can and cannot accomplish, know your environment, and know when it time to stop beating to windward and just run with it. There will always be another day if you still have your boat to make that windward run.
Summer……
The days fly by like the moments of our lives, no camera required, I still remember them all!
It has been a wonderful summer of good memories, good sailing and good friends. Thank you to Sid B, Kathy H, my son, Betsy G, Susan M, and those who have made all the fun sailing into great memories. I flirted, danced, and sailed my way into and out of adventures and anchorages, enjoying every moment. Mid-night swims, Champagne, quit dinners, ribald jokes, pajama parties onboard Ariosa, losing the dare to Juanita during a pajama party! The summer would not have been nearly as much fun or adventurous without meeting and becoming friends with Jim Huber and his boat “Champagne”. The life and times of this man are books worth of stories of his multiple trips around the globe on his sailboat. This fun loving ways and laughter have graced everyone that takes the time to know him. I hope he keeps me in mind for some of the future adventures.
Other Things……
It is amazing that a simple hello would start a conversation I can’t wait to continue…….
The quiet whispers in early hours of the morning, trying to tell each other about our lives, our history, our dreams, explaining how we got here from there. The simplest of beginnings has awoken a desire to see if you are the one………
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jour·nal n. A personal record of occurrences, experiences, and reflections kept on a regular basis; a diary.
Beneteau There is always something exceptional aboard a Beneteau.
— Beneteau USA
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