No Boots, No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem. Stories to tell. Maybe I’ll do the same someday. After “losing it all” (which really wasn’t it all) my wife and I took off in 2012 on our 35 foot sailboat to see the world at 6 knots. Besides each other it was all we had left. A 2015 Dx of Kappa Light Chain Disease (LCD-2000 cases a year) and t…
No Boots, No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem. Stories to tell. Maybe I’ll do the same someday. After “losing it all” (which really wasn’t it all) my wife and I took off in 2012 on our 35 foot sailboat to see the world at 6 knots. Besides each other it was all we had left. A 2015 Dx of Kappa Light Chain Disease (LCD-2000 cases a year) and the scheduling of radiation, then chemo, then a Bone Marrow Transplant kind of curtailed our plan. After considering the cost, statistics, and LTSR I opted out. I had already gone through the cancer mill at age 40, with a 30/70 LTSR and was already past my 20 years. Most of those I met along that journey were dead. 7 years later we are still living on the boat, the trip around the world now just a dream. The neuropathy from LCD makes long passages really hard. But we opted for a moon launch too and damned if the rocket is still in flight. Our sailboat is named Blessings. Karma? Perhaps it is.
Absolutely effin' brilliant! What an incredible story. What amazing people there are here in this community. It's like discovering a diamond in a haystack. I can't wait to sign up for your newsletter. There are so many inspiring people like you who can teach us how to LIVE! Last year I was feeling very confined, and I took sailing lessons at the urging of a dear friend after we'd corresponded and he'd told me about his 37 foot Fisher and all the adventures he dreamed of taking in it. (He also owns a Pacific Dolphin 24.) What a wonderful experience those sailing classes were! But I wanted to do it all myself, too, without the scheduling a crew requires. So I bought a small dinghy only 10 feet long in which I strapped my camping gear in dry bags and sailed to an island about 5 miles away when I had an excellent weather window. I camped there for 2 days and sailed back. An amazing memory I'll always have, and an amazing time. I had to sell the dinghy when I moved to the US, but I bought a different one (11 foot Minifish) which I have taken out a few times. Can't wait to keep doing it this summer.
Last item. Yes. Keep doing it. Nothing like it. We have sailed over 45,000 miles together and have owned a sailboat since 1982. Part of the reason why trying to determine what to do next is really a challenge!
No Boots, No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem. Stories to tell. Maybe I’ll do the same someday. After “losing it all” (which really wasn’t it all) my wife and I took off in 2012 on our 35 foot sailboat to see the world at 6 knots. Besides each other it was all we had left. A 2015 Dx of Kappa Light Chain Disease (LCD-2000 cases a year) and the scheduling of radiation, then chemo, then a Bone Marrow Transplant kind of curtailed our plan. After considering the cost, statistics, and LTSR I opted out. I had already gone through the cancer mill at age 40, with a 30/70 LTSR and was already past my 20 years. Most of those I met along that journey were dead. 7 years later we are still living on the boat, the trip around the world now just a dream. The neuropathy from LCD makes long passages really hard. But we opted for a moon launch too and damned if the rocket is still in flight. Our sailboat is named Blessings. Karma? Perhaps it is.
Absolutely effin' brilliant! What an incredible story. What amazing people there are here in this community. It's like discovering a diamond in a haystack. I can't wait to sign up for your newsletter. There are so many inspiring people like you who can teach us how to LIVE! Last year I was feeling very confined, and I took sailing lessons at the urging of a dear friend after we'd corresponded and he'd told me about his 37 foot Fisher and all the adventures he dreamed of taking in it. (He also owns a Pacific Dolphin 24.) What a wonderful experience those sailing classes were! But I wanted to do it all myself, too, without the scheduling a crew requires. So I bought a small dinghy only 10 feet long in which I strapped my camping gear in dry bags and sailed to an island about 5 miles away when I had an excellent weather window. I camped there for 2 days and sailed back. An amazing memory I'll always have, and an amazing time. I had to sell the dinghy when I moved to the US, but I bought a different one (11 foot Minifish) which I have taken out a few times. Can't wait to keep doing it this summer.
Last item. Yes. Keep doing it. Nothing like it. We have sailed over 45,000 miles together and have owned a sailboat since 1982. Part of the reason why trying to determine what to do next is really a challenge!
Wow. Respect!